Boys & Girls Clubs – Alaska is proud to work with Alaska Communications to announce the 2015 Summer of Heroes program. Celebrating its five-year anniversary, this program aims to promote awareness and support for youth development programs throughout the state. Boys & Girls Clubs – Alaska, together with Alaska Communications, recognizes five young heroes each […]
Pregnant women living near the World Trade Center during 9/11 experienced higher-than-normal negative birth outcomes, according to a new working paper by Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. These mothers were more likely to give birth prematurely and deliver babies with low birth weights. Their babies – especially baby boys – […]
WASHINGTON — Despite the stereotype that boys do better in math and science, girls have made higher grades than boys throughout their school years for nearly a century, according to a new analysis published by the American Psychological Association. “Although gender differences follow essentially stereotypical patterns on achievement tests in which boys typically score higher […]