Crowded Summer Schools By Yvette J. Brown CWK Producer Tipsheet | Related Information | Resources “Testing is a way of life. It’s something that is here, and it’s here to stay.”-Stan Williams, an education specialist- Eighteen-year-old Davis just graduated from high school. “It was somewhat exciting,” he says. “It’s one of those […]
Online Gossip By Adam Wilkenfeld CWK West Coast Bureau Chief Tipsheet | Related Information | Resources “Sure enough, I had a parent come to my door and say, ‘Your daughter has been saying some rather nasty things about my daughter on this website.’”-Patti Thrift, a mother- High school students have always spread […]
Changing Schools By Robert Seith CWK Senior Producer Tipsheet | Related Information | Resources “It was kind of hard leaving my friends, and it’s just horrible – just spending nights being sad and all.”-Anthony Desidierio, 17- Anthony says at first, it didn’t go well. “You get lost … and the people around […]
Moms Stress Over Daughters’ Weight By Robert Seith CWK Senior Producer Tipsheet | Related Information | Resources “One of our past controls for the refrigerator used to be a bicycle lock.”-Christopher Waples, a father- Fourteen-year-old Megan Waples’ parents kept their overweight daughter out of the refrigerator by locking it. “It was very […]
Is My Child Fat? By Robert Seith CWK Senior Producer Tipsheet | Related Information | Resources “I felt that I just wasn’t good looking, that I would never be able to do what I wanted to do in life because I was fat.”-Megan Waples, 14- When 14-year-old Megan Waples first started gaining […]
Has Writing Been Written Off? By Robert Seith CWK Senior Producer Tipsheet | Related Information | Resources “I write little stories on my own on my laptop and things like that, and I write poems.”-Bonnie Romaine, 16- The writing Bonnie completes on her own is good practice, the kind of practice she […]
Stepfamilies Good for Kids? By Adam Wilkenfeld CWK West Coast Bureau Chief Tipsheet | Related Information | Resources “The challenges were having my kids listen to Gladys and having her kids listen to me – they didn’t.”-Michael Uhri, a father- When Gladys and Michael decided to marry, it wasn’t just one plus […]
