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Guest AuthorApril 21, 2015

I know I’m totally putting myself at risk by writing this column, and openly admitting to something the authorities consider irrefutable evidence of irresponsible parenting. There have been many articles recently published about parents doing something similar to what I’ve done, and those parents were subsequently questioned by police officers. A few have been arrested. […]

Guest AuthorMarch 12, 2015

“I’m not old enough to have kids in high school.” My twin sons were graduating from the 8th grade, and this became my mantra, despite all evidence to the contrary. My reading glasses had become a permanent fixture on the end of my nose while Jacob and Zachary were concerned about their “online presence.” There […]

Shannon NickinsonMarch 5, 2015

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What have we learned from all of this? After spending months working on a series of stories about the state of education in the Pensacola metro area for the Studer Community Institute, I couldn’t help but learn – a lot. The days of the traditional 9-12 high school model may be nearing an end. Economic […]

Marc YachtMarch 4, 2015

According to the Institute for College Access & Success student loan debt is on the rise. Sixty percent of graduates from public institutions, 75 percent of graduates from private non-profit schools and 88 percent from for-profit schools, incurred significant debt. Families earning under $40,000 annually can receive Pell Grants. Surprisingly, Pell recipients tend to borrow […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 26, 2015

“Work it out.” When was the last time you said that to a child? Growing up, I heard it all the time. It was my mom’s go-to response for any host of problems: “Michele put tuna fish under my pillow!” “Michael keeps looking at me!” She would sigh and tell me and my siblings to […]

Guest AuthorJuly 14, 2014

NPR recently did a news story about stress and the toll it takes on a person’s health. What causes high levels of hazardous stress? According to the NPR story: disabilities, chronic illness, extreme poverty…and parenting teenagers. You heard me. Herpes and raising teens. Similar in more ways than one. Add in some serious traffic problems […]

Tag: high school

Catherine Durkin Robinson: I let my boys walk home alone; go ahead, cuff me

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Choosing the right high school

Shannon Nickinson: We need to do high school differently

Marc Yacht: College loans creating a debt crisis

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Hey, parents, let your kids work it out

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Twins are teens and mom is stressed