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Youth should not suffer silently. Here are ideas parents can share with their children to deal with bullying.
NRS’ runaway prevention curriculum, Let’s Talk is updated for 2015!
Based on the needs of teachers and administrators, social…
Summer is almost halfway over and some of you…
National School Backpack Awareness Day is an annual event held on the third Wednesday of every September by occupational therapists. The day is…
The National Runaway Switchboard did some analysis of data to investigate the link between school behavior and running away. Some of the school…
It’s that time of year again. Are you ready for school? Are you concerned about school supplies or clothes? If you are low on cash, don’t worry -…
Outside of long division, chemistry experiments, book reports, studying and homework, and the whole academic portion in general, school can be, well,…
My favorite class in school has always been foreign language, which for me is French. French itself might not be the most useful language to know…
It is heartbreaking to see the school shooting occurring in Ohio. However, what more disturbing is the trend of increasing violence in U.S. schools…
Last year, my school had five minute passing periods. That meant four minutes for loitering after one class, and one minute of frantic dashing to get…
One of the arguments you always hear about reforming our schools is that we need to make the school day longer. Now, lucky for current students, this…
Growing up, every Sunday felt ominous. Even though it was a day off, I would spend it in fear of the Monday to follow, when school would resume,…
To meet the goals that I have set I have started making little changes in my day for better. I have been told it is a better choice than what I was…
Grades are a very important part of and about school. You need to have good grades to be able to get to where you want to go in the future. I need to…
Every day when I walked into the school cafeteria, I always noticed how segregated everyone was. It was always one ethnic group to each table, and…
Reading, for me, is a pretty constant endeavor. During breakfast, on the train, in bed, and in other moments of freedom, I like to pick up a book. But…
You should start planning ahead because the rest of your life could depend on what you do in the eighth grade and high school. Jobs are getting harder…
School has all of the sudden hit me and gotten harder. I got to study harder than I normally would, homework is longer. More tired than ever. I’m…
I am stuck between two great high schools. I can only commit to one and I can go to either one unless I move, which could happen too. The really bad…
One of the few things I miss from high school is that the textbooks were free. Sure, they may have been covered in a decade’s worth of graffiti,…
It was a while since I spoke to one of my friends. He came over, and told me he dropped out of high school. He isn’t the first person that has told…
In my school district we have two high schools and we have too many people going to one high school. There’s a lottery for one hundred people to see…
I can’t imagine a worse time to be on Facebook than during finals. It’s like an echo chamber of people complaining about their tests and papers.…
It’s final season, which means sudden shortages of chairs in the library, increases in coffee sales at the café, and frantic typing on view…
As I was studying for a recent test, trying to cram arcane facts into various corners of my brain, I started wondering about memorization. Primarily,…
High school wasn’t that long ago for me. I remember hearing questions like “What is your GPA?” or “How many AP classes are you taking?” my…
The idea that each of us has a fix “amount” of intelligence is often considered our implicit explanation of why some people do better than some…
There are many special needs kids in the world and yet only so few are accepted. I never had this in my family but I do know one of my friends who has…
The day I received my letter, I was finally able to return to school. This would be a huge transition for me. The first day I back in the school…
Outcasts, druggies, whores: these were all names that were used for us teens that stayed in a group home. It was only a few days ago that I had lost…
It is important to have good grades. With that being said, we had to replace like 4 football players today because of them not taking care of…
I am currently doing very well in school – my lowest grade is a B. I am pretty sure, wait, no, I am confident that all teachers really want is for you…
Today was an amazing example of what I said last time how to get hype and be ready. Today we won 26-25. We were down 12-0 at halftime and we got…
It seems that our schools and parents are pushing young people to earn A’s, to take Advanced Placement classes, to have high standardized test…
I know you may think this is crazy writing something about school in the middle of June but, it may actually be a good time to start. If you are…
It’s important to stay in school because it will provide so much for you later when it comes to getting a job or a career. A job is perfectly fine,…
Many students like having a snack or two around when they’re studying/cramming for their classes either just to keep up or to prepare for an exam.…
Lately I’ve been rather overwhelmed by the amount of work I have to get done by certain dates. Sometimes I’ll have to say it’s hard to do…
On one hand you have all the things that matter to you: a social life that keeps you satisfied, and excited, and stress free; the ever-missing free…
First day of school, my third grade year. I walked into Ms. Stephenson’s class (soon to be Van Veen, due to an impending marriage at the end of her…
Learning is something that I think is taken for granted by most people in America. It is also one of the easiest procedures to initiate and the most…
It feels so good to achieve a goal. You feel like a new person and you feel the self motivation to set more goals to be accomplished. The goals that…
We often hear the society’s emphasis on education on newspapers and TV shows. But as a teenager, it is hard to keep education in focus with our…
It saddens me every time teen bullying makes newspapers’ headlines. It is not ok to bully. Whatever your religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation…
As a former student of the Chicago Public Schools, I personally feel that school violence is a major issue. But school violence can be…
Do you have respect for your friends, classmates, and teachers? Well, before you answer that, how do you show respect? Well I can name a lot of…
Sometimes it’s times when kids don’t fit in at school, other times it’s kids that fit in well but are getting bad grades in school. I am a…
School started for me August 18. I’m in the 6th grade,and going to a new school could be the hardest thing ever. On the first day, I was hoping for a…
After four years, the day has finally arrived and now I enter a new stage of my life. Today is my graduation day. Now it’s true that I haven’t had…