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How Our Schools Are Making Our Children Sick and What We Can Do About It
Global Education Publisher CMRubinWorld discusses the impact our school system is having on students' health with Vicki Abeles, author of the new book and film, Beyond Measure: Rescuing an Overscheduled, Overtested, Underestimated Generation.
NEW YORK, NY, October 27, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Our competitive education system is making our children sick. An astonishing 33 percent of teenage students feel sad or depressed while more than 50 percent of college students feel overwhelmed by anxiety today. Vicki Abeles, who also directed the film, Race to Nowhere, shares her latest research along with real life solutions from communities across this country. In a revealing interview with Global Search for Education author C. M. Rubin, Abeles notes that her "message is not about education: it's about childhood. If we really want to improve education in America, and if we really want our children to succeed, we need to re-frame the very questions we're asking."
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