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• Poorer education tied to preterm birth risk
NEW YORK - Pregnant women with low levels of education are nearly twice as likely as their more educated peers to give birth prematurely, researchers from the Netherlands report. However, most of the risk can be attributed to the disadvantages that ...
• Poorer kids often depressed as teenagers
... were more likely to "grow up" faster — including having sex, leaving home or getting married at an earlier-than-average age. This cycle, the study found, eventually put kids at risk of substantial obstacles in young adulthood, such as low education ...
• Mississippi now has highest teen birth rate
Blaming abstinence-only education Some experts have blamed the national increase on increased federal funding for abstinence-only health education that does not teach teens how to use condoms and other contraception. They said that would explain why ...
• Obama pledges schools upgrade in stimulus
While the president-elect is likely to ask Congress for only a fraction of that, education experts say it still could make a big difference. "The need is definitely out there," said Robert Canavan, chairman of the Rebuild America's Schools coalition ...
• Colorado's new senator relatively unknown
A reform plan Bennet brought to the school district earned him national accolades in education circles. Bennet was among those who advised Obama on education during the presidential campaign, said Chandler, who said Bennet and Obama have met several ...