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Academic Pressure

Cheating -- It's Not Just for Kids

Victor Dorff | Posted 05.15.2013 | Los Angeles
Read More: Academic Integrity, Scholastic-Aptitude-Test, Cheating on Tests, Academic Cheating, Educators Cheating, Academic Dishonesty, Standardized Test Cheating, College News, Korea Cheating Scandal, Cheating, Academic Pressure, Cheating in School, Academic Cheating Scandal, Los Angeles News
Victor Dorff

What we are teaching is that integrity is an acceptable casualty in the push for a better education system, and that's the wrong lesson.

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10 Ways To Make Exams Less Stressful

Posted 04.25.2013 | Teen
Read More: Studying, Study Tips, High School Study Tips, Less Stress More Living, Study Tricks, Study Strategies, SAT Test Prep, Effective Study Tips, Students Stress, Best Study Tips, Sat Tips, Final Exam Tips, SAT Studying, Studying for Finals, Starting-College, Act Test Prep, Academic Pressure, Final Exam Study Tips, Teen News

Think twice before you pick up that highlighter. Did you know that taking a practice test or handwriting your notes instead can help you retain more i...

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Desperate Kid Cheats Under Pressure -- What Else Is New?

Victor Dorff | Posted 04.16.2013 | College
Read More: Cheating Olympics, Atlanta Schools Cheating, Educators Cheating, Students Cheating, Standardized Tests, Academic Cheating Scandal, Cheating in School, Academic Dishonesty, Atlanta Cheating Scandal, Academic Cheating, Atlanta Schools Cheating Scandal, Academic Pressure, Cheating on Tests, Cheating, Academic Integrity, College News
Victor Dorff

"Pressure" is inevitable for students today. The question is, how do we teach our students to evaluate the reality of the pressure they feel and to deal with it appropriately?

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5 Ways High School May Let You Down (And Why That's Okay)

Posted 03.12.2013 | Teen
Read More: School Stress, Less Stress More Living, High School, Academic Pressure, High School Relationships, High School News, High School Experience, Teen News, High School Stress, Teen News

High school can be really stressful -- to say the least. Our weekly "Hey, It's OK!" series is here to remind you of all things you SHOULDN'T be worrie...

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8 Awesome Ways High Schools Are Helping Students De-Stress

Posted 03.04.2013 | Teen
Read More: Students Stress, Academic Stress, College Admissions Stress, Less Stress More Living, High School Meditation, De-Stressing, Academic Pressure, High School Yoga, School Naps, School Transcendental Meditation, Millennials Stress, High School Mindfulness, High School Stress, Teen News

Do you feel like most of the kids at your school are stressed out? With mounting academic pressure and increasing competition for college admission...

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What Genetics Tells Us About Anxiety: Not Much

Stanton Peele | Posted 04.27.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Success, Pressure, Test Anxiety, Genetics Health, Academic Performance, Mental Health, Genetics, Academic Pressure, Anxiety, Comt, Healthy Living News
Stanton Peele

For several days this month, one of the most emailed articles in the New York Times was "Why Can Some Kids Handle Pressure While Others Fall Apart?" The article purports to explain why some children fold under the pressure of taking tests.

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Don't Take My Stress Away

Jack Cahn | Posted 01.12.2013 | Teen
Read More: College Stress, Stuyvesant High School, High School Stress, Academic Pressure, Homework, Teen News
Jack Cahn

I came to Stuyvesant High School to be sleep-deprived, I came here to be pressured, I came here so that I would have enough work to keep me up throughout the night.

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20 Things NOT To Worry About Before You Turn 20

The Huffington Post | Carolyn Gregoire | Posted 11.09.2012 | Teen
Read More: Stress, 20 Things Not to Worry About Before You Turn 20, Relationships, Worrying, Academic Pressure, Things Not to Worry About as a Teen, How to Stop Worrying, Anxiety, Worry, High School Stress, Teen News

Between exams, college applications, friend drama and dating angst, you have enough to worry about as a teenager without constantly stressing out abou...

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How Children Succeed: An Interview with Paul Tough

Judy Bolton-Fasman | Posted 11.21.2012 | Parents
Read More: Academic Pressure, Education, Parenting, The Race to Nowhere, Parenting Books, Paul Tough, Higher Education, Riverdale School, Kewauana Lerma, Privilege, Parenting Advice, Failure, Parents News
Judy Bolton-Fasman

I wonder if our adult kids' pervasive fear of failure hasn't returned them to their childhood bedrooms, dissatisfied and unemployed. Yes, it's a tough economy out there, but have we made them afraid to take chances, to bypass meaningful engagement and social justice opportunities?

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Cheating Because the Stakes Are So Low

Steve Nelson | Posted 11.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Stuyvesant High School, Harvard University, Rote Learning, Ayn Rand, Cheating, Academic Pressure, Higher Education, Academic Dishonesty, Harvard Cheating Scandal, Cheating Scandals, Home News
Steve Nelson

The incidence of cheating is lowest when students or citizens perceive that they are members of an interdependent community, but that's not, sadly, today's America.

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The Global Search for Education: On Cheating

C. M. Rubin | Posted 11.03.2012 | Home
Read More: Ethical Role Models, Howard Gardner, Harvard, Student Cheating, C. M. Rubin, Good Works, Cheating Scandals, Ethics of Society, The Global Search for Education, Standardized Testing, Academic Pressure, Definition of Success, Education Reform, Teachers, Cheating, Cheating on Tests, Home News
C. M. Rubin

According to a survey of 24,000 high school students in grades 9-12, 95% of students said they cheated during the course of their education, ranging from letting somebody copy their homework to cheating on tests.

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Do 'Study Drugs' Breed a Nation of Winners -- or Cheaters?

David Sack, M.D. | Posted 09.18.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Competition, Prescription Drug Addiction, ADHD Drugs, Healthy Living Health News, Stimulants, Youth, Prescription Drugs, ADHD Medication, Academic Pressure, Drug Abuse, Prescription Drug Abuse, Healthy Living News
David Sack, M.D.

Children are learning that success comes not by training, practice and hard work, but by taking shortcuts. We tell young people, "Don't use drugs," but our beliefs and actions encourage them to win at all costs.

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Words of Advice to Overachieving Teens

Tatiana Lanteigne | Posted 08.14.2012 | Teen
Read More: Overachievers, College Admissions, Academic Pressure, High School Sports, Teen News
Tatiana Lanteigne

Many modern teens feel pressure to be well-rounded, but there is a point at which one must realize that being well-rounded doesn't mean being the best at everything.

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Child Rearing and the American Future: Let the Hunger Games Begin

James Block | Posted 06.30.2012 | Parents
Read More: Cultural Crisis, Raising Children, Academic Pressure, Child Rearing, Parental Anxiety, Parents News
James Block

Unaware that the novel problem of raising modern children for a post-traditional society was the foremost concern of the early republic, Americans are now embracing fashionable new solutions that happen to be nearly as old as the nation itself.

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The Global Search for Education: Student Well Being

C. M. Rubin | Posted 01.28.2012 | Home
Read More: Pastoral Well-Being, C. M. Rubin, Pembroke College Cambridge, Cambridge Transkills, Retention Rates, Academic Pressure, UK Modular Exams, Cambridge University, Getting Students to Relax, Drop Out Rate, Global Education, The Global Search for Education, Standardized Tests, Education Reform, Dr. Mark Wormald Senior Tutor, Home News
C. M. Rubin

Given the intense competition to be accepted, is Cambridge, a world-renowned academic institution, seeing an increase in student anxiety and stress?

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The Global Search for Education: On Success

C. M. Rubin | Posted 01.15.2012 | Home
Read More: High Achievers, Challenge Success, The Global Search for Education, Student Suicide, Student Stress, Race to Nowhere, College Admissions, Stanford University School of Education, C. M. Rubin, Dr. Denise Pope, Children's Mental Health, Childhood Depression, Emotional Health, Academic Pressure, Parental Pressure, Education Reform, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Home News
C. M. Rubin

The desire for successful children in a performance-based culture often consumes us before we realize it.

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Punishment Not Effective In Motivating Students

Emily Thorp | Posted 12.19.2011 | Home
Read More: Pressure to Be Perfect, Academic Pressure, College, Homework, Home News
Emily Thorp

Even though my mom didn't punish me for getting a C on my test, there are plenty of parents that do. Some students get paid $50 for getting straight A's and some are punished for getting B's.

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Cracking Under Preschool Pressure

Samantha Kurtzman-Counter | Posted 08.02.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: The Mother Company, Social Learning, Emotional Intelligence, Kindergarten, Preschool, Emotional Wellness, Tutoring, Ruby's Studio, School Readiness, Kumon, Abbie Schiller, Tiger Mom, Kindergarten Prep, Academic Pressure, Los Angeles News
Samantha Kurtzman-Counter

Abundant studies show that social and emotional skills are the most important barometer for kindergarten readiness. So why do parents feel driven to push their kids into academic learning so early?

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Potomac 20854: A made for TV drama unfolds in the DC suburb

Cari Shane | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: High School Criminals, Churchill High School, Education, Grading, Computer Hacking, Tiger Woods, Jack Ambramoff, John Edwards, Students, Bernie Madoff, Grade Scandal, Ed-Line, Academic Pressure, Montgomery County Maryland, Technology News
Cari Shane

At Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland, 40 to 50 students were involved in a computer hacking scheme to change grades.

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