September 2013 Gallup Poll: Americans Say U.S. Schools Should Teach “Soft” Skills While student success may depend upon core subject content like math and reading, other life skills are viewed as critical for student success. The annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll on American’s attitudes toward public education finds that most Americans believe that today’s […]
June 2013 Study: Tobacco in Movies Down; Alcohol Use Up New research published in JAMA Pediatrics and featured in a recent Education Week Blog, shows that the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), enacted 15 years ago in which the motion picture industry agreed not to pay for product placement in various forms of media, including movies, […]
May 2013 Trending: Is Online Privacy Even an Issue for Teens? According to new research released by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, teens are sharing more information about themselves on social media sites than they have in the past, but they are also taking a variety of technical and non-technical […]
May 2013 Trending: Connect with Kids Tracks Research on Teen Materialism and Work Ethic Connect with Kids real and relevant focus on a cultural shift toward narcissism and materialism in today’s youth is now making national news headlines. The CWK documentary Living from the Inside Out profiles research from Jean M. Twenge, […]
April 2013 National Study: Teen Abuse of Rx Drugs Up 33 Percent Since 2008 New survey results from The Partnership at Drugfree.org confirm that one in four teens has misused or abused a prescription (Rx) drug at least once in their lifetime, a 33 percent increase over the past five years. Additionally, […]
April 2013 School Connectedness: Helping Students Feel Safe and Secure When the news of the day frightens and bewilders even the most secure adults, how can we help kids to feel the safety and security they need to learn and grow? We know that students who feel connected to their school are […]
February 2013 Study: Kindness Leads Kids to Happiness and Peer Acceptance Research published in the journal PLOS ONE reports that nine- to 12-year-olds who perform kind acts are not only happier, but find greater peer acceptance. The authors write that “a simple and relatively brief pro-social activity can […]
February 2013 UCLA Bullying Study: It’s Cool to be Cruel UCLA psychologists report that when it comes to bullying behavior among middle school students, both physical aggression and spreading rumors are rewarded by middle school peers. “The ones who are cool bully more, and the ones who bully more are seen […]
February 2013 BFFs Beware: Study Finds Friends’ Alcohol Use and Access Most Predictive Factor in Underage Drinking Chances are the only thing you remember about your first swig of alcohol is how bad the stuff tasted. What you didn’t know is the person who gave you that first drink and when you had […]
February 2013 Does Facebook Make Us Feel Sad? According to a new research reported by Reuters, the constant viewing of happy, smile-filled photos and posts on Facebook is fueling comparison and evaluation that makes us feel bad about ourselves. Researchers from the Institute of Information Systems at Berlin’s Humboldt University studied 600 people who […]
