Essay: Dear girls: Your not-so-average guide to surviving high school

As thousands of students reach their high school years, levels of stress continue to increase. This is especially true for females; in my school, when I took a survey of 24 students (a group of 12 boys and 12 girls) that asked them if high school is stressful for them, 11 out of the 12 girls responded "yes," while only 50 percent of boys seem to let high school bog down their spirits.

Salgado column: Teenagers have stress, too

By Bri Salgado Salisbury Post Many adults will say teenagers do not have “real stress” in their lives. As a senior in high school, I live with stress every day. Granted, what causes stress in adults is not necessarily the same a ...

Corbett's budget still puts financial stress on school districts

The Erie School District wasn't counting on an increase in funding subsidies from Harrisburg. With today's release of Gov. Tom Corbett's second state budget, which holds the line on state taxes, it looks like the district made the right call.

Speakers stress grabbing opportunities, seeing freedom in education at Black History Conference

Giggling teens jockeying to sit by buddies filed into Modesto High's auditorium Tuesday morning. A slightly more somber group walked out, heading back to classes across the city. Only time will tell how many grasped the scope of what Black History Conference speakers tried to impart.

Avoid the afternoon stress-eating binge

Anyone who has dived into a bag of chips at the end of a day gone wrong knows emotional eating is a dangerous habit. Use these tips from stress columnist Amanda Enayati to skip the dip.

L.A. School Sex-Abuse Horror: Language Needs, Cockroaches

A group of parents gathered across the street from an elementary school in a largely Latino neighborhood in South Los Angeles on Friday and took turns assailing its directors. Clutching a press release that had just been handed out by the school board, they were trying to process the news that a second teacher at their children's school had been arrested on charges of sexual misconduct. They had ...

Darien students support psychologist to address rising stress levels in students

Members of the Board of Education listened to parents and students during a public hearing as requests were made to keep the world language program and school psychologist in the 2012-2013 budget.