The Sidekick foundation recently released results of the first study
ever to ascertain if martial arts training can improve executive
function in at-risk children.
"Executive function' is a term used by psychologists to define the
parts of us that make decisions and give us direction." Said Art
Pryor, president of the foundation. "Kids who are at risk may make
bad decisions because they have disorders that interfere with parts
of the brain that govern executive function."
Executive function includes: controlling impulses;
controlling emotional responses; generating ideas; holding
information in mind to see a task through; anticipating future
events; assessing one owns performance; and other areas.
The study shows that continued regular martial arts training
eliminated reduced or controlled a vast majority of the factors that
interfere with executive function in the children who were studied.
Social anxiety disorder, attention deficit disorder, and various
learning disabilities are among the pathologies that can cause these
problems. Nine pathological conditions were identified in this study
and eight were normalized through training regularly. In addition,
28 associate conditions were identified and 21 of them improved.

Just think how martial arts helps regular Ed. kids!