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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Texas minority students have always faced inequalities compared to their white peers, but new data shows the COVID-19 pandemic is widening the education gap, and that could mean negative consequences for everyone in the state. School leaders and educational advocates warned during an ABC13 town hall Thursday night that lawmakers only have a small window of time to take action, as thousands of students have disengaged from virtual learning or have been lost in the shuffle altogether. "Eighty percent of the children in Houston today are either African American or Latino...

December 21, 2020 Children with diagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) or with subthreshold ADHD (meeting some but not all of the required clinical criteria for ADHD) had equally poor educational outcomes and lower educational attainment compared to controls, according to a new Journal of Attention Disorders study. 1 Data was draw from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children birth cohort and the Children’s Attention Project. Researchers compared the following outcomes between children (average age of 10.5) with diagnosed ADHD, subthreshold ADHD, and controls...

December 17, 2020 Women who discontinued stimulant medication use during pregnancy experienced a significant increase in postnatal depression despite not changing their antidepressant medication, as well as significant impairment in family functioning. These findings, published in the Journal of Attention Disorders 1, come from the first study to characterize the course of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) during pregnancy, including treatment decisions and associated maternal outcomes. It suggests that medical professionals should consider overall functioning and mental...