Children as young as 7 are engaging in cutting and other forms of self-harm, according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics. Furthermore, researchers discovered nearly 8 percent  of third graders...

Let's face it: Bad school lunches are as much a part of the educational landscape as math, recess and making fun of the teacher. However, in Argyll, Scotland, there was one 9-year-old girl who decided to do som...

Some Wonder Whether Facebook Is Good for UsGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:Last month, Facebook's creators took the social networking company public&#...

About 8,000 new high school graduates in Maryland received diplomas that announced proudly the recipient had completed "an approved progam of study." Alas, the word program typically has an "R" after the "G." T...

We know we live in an age of unprecedented technological wonder and connectivity. Most of us assume youth are a driving force behind our tech-saturated culture, but a new study suggests Millennials—young ...

Teens everywhere will tell you they have it tough, but if you classify yourself as a gay or lesbian teen, you're particularly apt to have problems. According to a new study of more than 10,000 13- to 17-year-ol...

Almost 16 percent of teens in high school have considered suicide, according to a study from The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and nearly half of those have tried it. Some experts point a finger of...

A new study from Gallup finds the more education people have, the more likely they are to be pro-choice; but that stat doesn't tell the full story. The new study found that 57 percent of Americans with post-gra...

About 15 to 20 years ago, many techno-experts were worried about a digital divide, separating those who had the wherewithal to have high-speed Internet access from those who couldn't afford it. Poorer folks wou...

American students looking for a great university with that new college smell, they might want to look outside the United States. According to Higher Education magazine, only two of the top 10 colleges and unive...