Study: Teens blank on Constitution Day
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Constitution Day is here and many teenagers know little about commemorating the document's signing.
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: European Union leaders signed the blocâs first constitution in a glittering ceremony today but their celebration of unity was marred by uncertainty over its ratification and turmoil over the stalled European Commission.
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War and politics are largely ignored by American teenagers, according to a Harvard University study released on Tuesday, which found that 60 percent of them pay little attention to daily news.
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A snapshot of an average day in the lives of U.S. teens shows hundreds of thousands are smoking, drinking and ingesting illegal drugs, according to a report from the federal government.
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Abstinence-only sex education programs, a major plank in President Bush's education plan, have had no impact on teenagers' behavior in his home state of Texas, according to a new study.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) -- For U.S. Hispanic children, a lack of health insurance often decides whether they see a doctor or go without regular check-ups, a new study finds.
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Children are arriving for their first day at school less able to read, write, add up or play than a year ago, a series of national tests has shown.
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Brain researchers have a new argument against executing teenagers: they are not yet wired for adult decision making.
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Lawmakers voted early Thursday to approve a constitutional amendment allowing female students to enter universities wearing Islamic head scarves  -  a move that many secular Turks view as an attempt to impose religion on their daily lives
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Five students denied diplomas after cheers erupted when their names were called at a high school graduation emerged empty-handed Tuesday from a meeting with school administrators.
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(Washington-AP) Dec. 22, 2004 - A federal report finds slightly fewer teens smoked or used drugs this year than last. The University of Michigan study reports smoking among younger teens is half the level
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By Melissa McGrath, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 12--It seems like an average school setting: teenagers wearing jeans and T-shirts, sitting at tables, writing vigorously on college-ruled paper and looking up every now and then to chat with each other.
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NEW ORLEANS - Many New Orleans voters were unable to cast ballots Saturday on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage because voting machines had not been delivered to polling places, a state official said.    At least 35 precincts did not have voting machines because drivers hired to deliver the machines had apparently not shown up for work, said Scott Madere, a spokesman for Secretary of State Fox McKeithen...
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Laws that would require parents to be notified when teens seek birth control would do little to curb underage sex and could cause a troubling number of girls to engage in unsafe intercourse, a survey of teens in 33 states suggests.
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Required exercise at 7 a.m. sharp. No personal televisions or computers. A cafeteria bereft of potato chips and candy bars but full of good-for-you vegetables. Mal Mahedy's new school has tons of rules that other teens would find intolerable.
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A peek into the lives of American teens
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OXON HILL, Md. - School officials in a Washington, D.C., suburb have a lot of questions about a phony test given to some high school students...