ANN ARBOR – ISR Insights Speaker Series is a series focusing on the research happening at ISR. Beyond the Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities for Changes in Education Wednesday, May 12: https://youtu.be/tljr0Ox4W_Q At the end of the school year in 2020 parents, educators, and researchers, wondered how to deal with the “COVID slide” related to achievement… Continue reading ISR Insights Speaker Series – Beyond the Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities for Changes in Education
News Tag: Youth
Vaping marijuana associated with more symptoms of lung damage than vaping or smoking nicotine
ANN ARBOR—Adolescents who vape cannabis are at greater risk for respiratory symptoms indicative of lung injury than teens who smoke cigarettes or marijuana, or vape nicotine, a new University of Michigan study suggests. Audio: Nursing prof Carol Boyd on Lung Damage from Vaping Marijuana The result challenges conventional wisdom about vaping nicotine, says the study’s… Continue reading Vaping marijuana associated with more symptoms of lung damage than vaping or smoking nicotine
Parents depressed by pandemic had negative impact on kids’ education, well-being
ANN ARBOR—Parent depression and stress early in the pandemic negatively contributed to young children’s home education and anxiety, a University of Michigan study suggests. The stress could still be present today for some parents as their kids transition back to school while COVID-19 remains a danger. Continued support for children and parents will be needed,… Continue reading Parents depressed by pandemic had negative impact on kids’ education, well-being
Spanking has similar effects on kids as adverse childhood experiences
ANN ARBOR—Research has shown that adverse childhood experiences including abuse, neglect and family dysfunction increase the risk on kids for future trauma in their lives. A new University of Michigan study adds spanking to the list. The study provides evidence that spanking and adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs—which include measures of physical and emotional abuse,… Continue reading Spanking has similar effects on kids as adverse childhood experiences
Smoking, tobacco use among teens continues to drop even as use of e-cigs grows
ANN ARBOR—Despite the increase in use of e-cigarettes among adolescents, cigarette and smokeless tobacco prevalence declined more rapidly between 2012 and 2019 than in previous periods, according to a new study. The analysis by the University of Michigan and Georgetown University shows that past 30-day and daily use of both cigarettes and smokeless tobacco fell… Continue reading Smoking, tobacco use among teens continues to drop even as use of e-cigs grows
From pills to powder: 1 in 3 high school seniors who misused prescription opioids later used heroin
ANN ARBOR—Nearly one-third of students who reported misusing prescription opioids as high school seniors between 1997 and 2000, but did not have a history of medical use, later used heroin by age 35, according to a University of Michigan study. The research also found that 21% of seniors in the same period, who misused prescription… Continue reading From pills to powder: 1 in 3 high school seniors who misused prescription opioids later used heroin
Firearms research at U-M gets a $4.6M boost with three new grants from CDC
ANN ARBOR—In a milestone of research funding, three teams of University of Michigan researchers have received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address issues related to firearm injury. The new multiyear grants, totaling $4.6 million, come from a new source of CDC funding to address a cause of death that kills… Continue reading Firearms research at U-M gets a $4.6M boost with three new grants from CDC
The fight for Detroit school children’s constitutional right to literacy isn’t over
ANN ARBOR—In the wake of a landmark decision by the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in April that declared Detroit school children have a constitutional right to literacy, Detroit families and education advocates around the country look to the Michigan Legislature to determine whether Detroit schools will receive the support necessary to combat the… Continue reading The fight for Detroit school children’s constitutional right to literacy isn’t over