Children from one-parent families and families with low incomes are more likely to suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), researchers claim. The Daily Mail reports findings of a study by the University of Exeter Medical School, which found links between children with ADHD and children with poor backgrounds. The researchers also claim that younger mothers are more likely to have a child with ADHD than older mothers.
Just a fifth of graduates training to work in primary schools this year are men. Official figures show that 21 per cent of students – around 4,100 – accepted on to primary teacher training courses in September were men, up just one per cent on last year. The disclosure follows the publication of research earlier this year that found many men were put off working with young children because it was seen as a “woman’s profession”, reports the Daily Telegraph.
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