Archive for September 2016
College Links
Check out our Links page for some sites that will help you with the college process. Scroll down to “College-bound links,” where you will find directories of colleges and universities (both 4-year and community colleges, private and public), information on digital badges (an alternative to traditional colleges), and help on navigating financial aid.
Read MoreCompany or College — Corporate Connections – Mutual benefit or Moral Corruption
Students are questioning universities’ practices and their relationships with corporations. In a Nov. 1 New York Times article that became a popular topic of discussion on campus, reporter Karen Arenson described Columbia’s ascendancy in the following words: “As much a business as an ivory tower…” A business? In the most traditional sense, schools are not…
Read MoreCollege Central
FENCED IN BY DELUSIONS: Parents & College Admissions – Fall, 1996 Parents can be confounded by playing the college admissions game. Common pleas made by parents are explored, and alternate roles for parents are discussed. How much impact can a parent have on the future of a senior high school student? Independent School, Vol.…
Read MoreA Guide to Youth Smoking Prevention Policies and Programs
Social problems in many urban areas often lead to smoking by teenagers. They believe — wrongly — that tobacco will help reduce their stress and make them look “cool” instead of insecure. Many pressures for smoking are discussed, as well as countermeasures. The number of young people who smoke is decreasing, but one third of…
Read MoreSmoking Prevention Strategies for Urban and Minority Youth
Smoking is declining among many teenagers,but one-third of high schoolers still use tobacco. This article explores the risks of smoking and campaigns to prevent it. Overall, the number of adolescents who smoke and use smokeless tobacco is decreasing, and the decrease is sharpest among minority youth. Still, about one-third of high school students use tobacco…
Read MoreSupporting Students With Asthma
What are asthma symptoms and “triggers?” Here are some suggestions for maintaining a school environment conducive to the attendance of children with asthma and for developing a curriculum conducive to their academic achievement. Five million children in the U.S. are living with asthma and the number is steadily increasing. Most live in cities, are poor,…
Read MoreCooperation Conflict Resolution And School Violence
It is a mistake to assume that causes of school violence reside only or primarily in the school. Child abuse and neglect, a culture of violence, economic and social injustice, and the easy availability of weapons, for example, contribute to the occurrence of violence but are largely not under school control. Nevertheless, there is much…
Read MoreReducing Injury and Death in Teen Drivers
Given that automobile crashes are the leading cause of injury and death in teens, you can pretty much say that teens drive themselves to trauma centers. And, they do this in record numbers. Car crashes account for approximately 6,000 deaths annually of American teens. While 15 to 20 year olds only account for 6.7%…
Read MoreAn injury loss prevention program targeted to new teen drivers – Article
An injury/loss prevention program targeted to new teen drivers gains support of CIAA! How do you make the roads safer for your teen driver? United States statistics for 1999 show teen automobile crashes accounted for some 8,175 deaths for people ages 15 to 20 years old at a societal cost estimated in excess of $32…
Read MoreGetting Along with Others – Article
As students we should learn to live with one another right now, because we’re going to have to do it the rest of our lives. By learning to live and accept that others are and will always be different, we take a step away from ignorance, and a step towards knowledge. Address to New Students…
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