Yahoo! News: Education News

---

• 3 Tips to Stop High School Senioritis Before It Starts
• High School Teachers Dish on Why ACT Scores Aren't Improving
• Are Cell Phones Making College Students Unhealthy, Unwealthy and Unwise?
• Parents: Talk About Alcohol When Kids Are 9
• 5 Money Lessons Students Should (But Usually Don't) Learn In School

3 Tips to Stop High School Senioritis Before It Starts Posted: 31 Aug 2015 06:00 AM PDT Senioritis is one of the most significant problems that all high school students face. Once the second semester of senior year begins and college acceptance letters start to arrive, it is extremely difficult for high school seniors to remain focused on the task at hand. While it is easy for students to say that they will not be affected by senioritis and that they will continue trying their hardest until graduation day, the reality is that it is only natural for motivation and effort to wane once the finish line is in sight.

High School Teachers Dish on Why ACT Scores Aren't Improving Posted: 31 Aug 2015 05:00 AM PDT Student achievement on the ACT, the popular college admissions test, hasn't improved in years. The national average ACT composite score for graduating high school students in 2015 was 21 out of a possible 36, according to the organizer's annual report on college and career readiness, released last week. That's basically a D-minus, says Chris Roden, who teaches English and ACT prep at Lebanon High School in Missouri.

Are Cell Phones Making College Students Unhealthy, Unwealthy and Unwise? Posted: 31 Aug 2015 04:00 AM PDT As a university professor, I typically preface each lecture with, "It's time to put your cell phones away for the next 50 minutes." Reluctantly, and sometimes with what appears to be great difficulty, the students put their phones out of reach. Indeed, the cell phone's popularity is increasing along with its functionality in all populations, including college students. In fact, according to the Pew Research Center, more than 90 percent of college-aged adults own a cell phone.

Parents: Talk About Alcohol When Kids Are 9 Posted: 31 Aug 2015 03:02 AM PDT Parents should start talking to their children about alcohol at age 9, says a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics aimed at preventing binge drinking in young people. As many as 50 percent of high school students currently drink alcohol, and within that group, up to 60 percent binge drink, the authors wrote in the report, published today (Aug. 31) in the journal Pediatrics. The reason to start talking to kids about alcohol before they even reach middle school is that "kids are starting to develop impressions [about alcohol] as early as 9 years," said Dr. Lorena Siqueira, clinical professor of pediatrics at Florida International University and co-author of the new report.

5 Money Lessons Students Should (But Usually Don't) Learn In School Posted: 30 Aug 2015 06:34 AM PDT High school students with basic financial literacy skills are better equipped to understand the important financial implications of the decisions that they make about which college to attend and how to ...

You are subscribed to email updates from Education News Headlines - Yahoo! News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States