TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire - Jan. 29, 2008) - High school students across the country are invited to join in the competition for the opportunity to travel to this year’s G8 Summit in Japan and have their voices heard on the world stage as part of the UNICEF Junior 8 Summit.
“The UNICEF Junior 8 Summit gives today’s youth a much-needed voice on the global policy stage and on issues that will affect their immediate and long-term future,” said Nigel Fisher, President & CEO, UNICEF Canada. “For a generation of young people who face global challenges, including AIDS and climate change, the UNICEF Junior 8 Summit provides an opportunity for youth to discuss these very important topics and to present their recommendations to G8 leaders.” continue reading...
Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) December 3, 2007 — New research shows high-school students share a grim opinion of college admissions.
“There is something terribly wrong with this process,” said one student interviewed by Education Conservancy, the Portland, Oregon-based nonprofit behind the study. “There is so much propaganda,” said another student. “Colleges should try less to sell themselves and more to act interested in students and in education.” continue reading...
(PRWEB) October 31, 2007 — There’s no doubt that today students are under intense pressure to perform academically, but at what cost? The Institute of HeartMath® (www.heartmath.org) and Claremont Graduate University (www.cgu.edu) released a new study that depicts the high levels of anxiety students are shouldering due to the pressure to excel intellectually. Nearly two-thirds of the high school students who participated in the study reported being affected by test anxiety. The study underscores the detrimental impact of test anxiety on academic performance. Based on their findings, researchers say that students’ high levels of anxiety may jeopardize NCLB assessment validity and could be compromising testing results.
HeartMath researchers explain that feelings of anxiety drive up the level of “noise” or mental static to such a pitch that it overloads the circuits in the brain needed for paying attention, learning, focusing, and remembering. continue reading...
