Recent Press Coverage

	"The hyper-parent trap" - Calgary Herald, February 1, 2010
	Inside every mom and dad there lurks a hyper parent. A father who praises his child for every action no matter how mundane -- from washing his hands before dinner to eating his broccoli -- to help build self-esteem. A mom who enrols her baby daughter in gymnastics, schedules play dates for her toddler, and shuttles her preschooler from private junior kindergarten to ballet to piano, to give her the "best start" in life. more...
	"Beyond Doing School: From ‘Stressed-out’ to ‘Engaged in Learning’" - Education Canada Winter 2009-2010
	Denise Pope, Senior Lecturer at the Stanford University School of Education, shares insights and approaches developed by the Challenge Success Initiative, a research and intervention project she co-founded in 2004 to address the widespread disengagement and poor physical and mental health issues facing secondary students in the U.S. more...
	"Experts: Race for valedictorian can help, or hurt" - York Daily Record, July 12, 2009
	What are friends for? More than ever: competition. Eva Chen reports on the rise of rivalry, from school and sports to style. more...
	"winners circle: competitive friends" - teenVOGUE, July 9, 2009
	Sometimes, adolescents flourish under the pressure of academic pressure to get named salutatorian or valedictorian, but sometimes they don't, experts say. more...
	"Newark Starts a Summer School Aimed at Advanced Placement" - New York Times, July 7, 2009
	Advanced Placement classes do not begin at Science Park High School until September, but Cristiana De Oliveira will spend many a summer day sitting behind a desk in A.P. calculus for five hours rather than lounging by a swimming pool. more...
	"Teens under stress in top college competition" - Baltimore Sun, April 12, 2009
	Straight-A's, perfect SATs sometimes won't cut it. more...
	"Challenge Success Welcomes New Program Director" - Challenge Success, March 19, 2009
	Challenge Success, a Stanford based program championing a broader vision of success for youth, is pleased to announce Maureen Brown as Program Director. more...
	"In Praise of the Average Student" - Minneapolis - St. Paul Star Tribune, August 29, 2008
	Tony Taylor returned to his college classes last Monday and, if all goes as planned, he'll graduate in the spring. It's been a challenging road for Taylor, 21, who carries a full load of 12 credits, works 38 hours a week and pulls in a solid B grade-point-average. more...
	"Too-Busy Teens Feel Health Toll" - Washington Post, July 15, 2008
	For Jessica Huey, the circumstances preceding the episodes she calls her "nervous breakdowns" were always the same: She was exhausted, it was 1 a.m. and she still faced a mountain of homework... more...
	"Camp Codependence" - New York Times, July 31, 2008
	I’m sure we all read, with equal parts disgust and delectation, The Times’ story last week on affluent parents who just can’t let go when their children abandon them for sleep-away camp. more...
	"Parents, quit the hovering" - USA Today, June 17, 2007
	It’s graduation season, and all our 24/7 helicopter parenting has come to fruition, right? Wrong. Many of our kids still have no idea what they want to do... more...
	"Less Homework, More Yoga, From a Principal Who Hates Stress" - New York Times, Oct. 29, 2007
	It was 6:30 p.m. The lights were still on at Needham High School, here in the affluent Boston suburbs. Paul Richards, the principal, was meeting with the Stress Reduction Committee. more...
	"Busy Students Get a New Required Course: Lunch" - New York Times, May 24, 2008
	High school students in this well-to-do Westchester suburb pile on four, five, even six Advanced Placement classes to keep up with their friends. They track their grade-point averages to multiple decimal places and have longer résumés than their parents. more...
	"Reducing stress in school" - CNN Video, Dec. 16, 2007
	CNN's Betty Nguyen reports on mandatory yoga classes for high school students and other means to reduce stress. more...
	"Crash Course" - Washington Post, Nov. 4, 2007
	Experts at Stanford University have created a program to help stressed-out students gain perspective -- before they collapse. more...
	"Everybody Does It, Academic Cheating..." - San Francisco Chronicle, Sep. 9, 2007
	Academic cheating is at an all-time high. Can anything be done to stop it? more...
	"Road to stress is paved with good parental intentions" - USA Today, Aug. 16, 2007
	McKinzie Schultz has had a busy summer. Shortly after school ended in June, the 12-year-old attended a sailing camp near her home in Crofton, Md. Then there was the week-long adventure camp, followed by softball camp and Girl Scouts camp. more...

Recent Press Coverage

	"The hyper-parent trap" - Calgary Herald, February 1, 2010
	Inside every mom and dad there lurks a hyper parent. A father who praises his child for every action no matter how mundane -- from washing his hands before dinner to eating his broccoli -- to help build self-esteem. A mom who enrols her baby daughter in gymnastics, schedules play dates for her toddler, and shuttles her preschooler from private junior kindergarten to ballet to piano, to give her the "best start" in life. more...
	"Beyond Doing School: From ‘Stressed-out’ to ‘Engaged in Learning’" - Education Canada Winter 2009-2010
	Denise Pope, Senior Lecturer at the Stanford University School of Education, shares insights and approaches developed by the Challenge Success Initiative, a research and intervention project she co-founded in 2004 to address the widespread disengagement and poor physical and mental health issues facing secondary students in the U.S. more...
	"Experts: Race for valedictorian can help, or hurt" - York Daily Record, July 12, 2009
	What are friends for? More than ever: competition. Eva Chen reports on the rise of rivalry, from school and sports to style. more...
	"winners circle: competitive friends" - teenVOGUE, July 9, 2009
	Sometimes, adolescents flourish under the pressure of academic pressure to get named salutatorian or valedictorian, but sometimes they don't, experts say. more...
	"Newark Starts a Summer School Aimed at Advanced Placement" - New York Times, July 7, 2009
	Advanced Placement classes do not begin at Science Park High School until September, but Cristiana De Oliveira will spend many a summer day sitting behind a desk in A.P. calculus for five hours rather than lounging by a swimming pool. more...
	"Teens under stress in top college competition" - Baltimore Sun, April 12, 2009
	Straight-A's, perfect SATs sometimes won't cut it. more...
	"Challenge Success Welcomes New Program Director" - Challenge Success, March 19, 2009
	Challenge Success, a Stanford based program championing a broader vision of success for youth, is pleased to announce Maureen Brown as Program Director. more...
	"In Praise of the Average Student" - Minneapolis - St. Paul Star Tribune, August 29, 2008
	Tony Taylor returned to his college classes last Monday and, if all goes as planned, he'll graduate in the spring. It's been a challenging road for Taylor, 21, who carries a full load of 12 credits, works 38 hours a week and pulls in a solid B grade-point-average. more...
	"Too-Busy Teens Feel Health Toll" - Washington Post, July 15, 2008
	For Jessica Huey, the circumstances preceding the episodes she calls her "nervous breakdowns" were always the same: She was exhausted, it was 1 a.m. and she still faced a mountain of homework... more...
	"Camp Codependence" - New York Times, July 31, 2008
	I’m sure we all read, with equal parts disgust and delectation, The Times’ story last week on affluent parents who just can’t let go when their children abandon them for sleep-away camp. more...
	"Parents, quit the hovering" - USA Today, June 17, 2007
	It’s graduation season, and all our 24/7 helicopter parenting has come to fruition, right? Wrong. Many of our kids still have no idea what they want to do... more...
	"Less Homework, More Yoga, From a Principal Who Hates Stress" - New York Times, Oct. 29, 2007
	It was 6:30 p.m. The lights were still on at Needham High School, here in the affluent Boston suburbs. Paul Richards, the principal, was meeting with the Stress Reduction Committee. more...
	"Busy Students Get a New Required Course: Lunch" - New York Times, May 24, 2008
	High school students in this well-to-do Westchester suburb pile on four, five, even six Advanced Placement classes to keep up with their friends. They track their grade-point averages to multiple decimal places and have longer résumés than their parents. more...
	"Reducing stress in school" - CNN Video, Dec. 16, 2007
	CNN's Betty Nguyen reports on mandatory yoga classes for high school students and other means to reduce stress. more...
	"Crash Course" - Washington Post, Nov. 4, 2007
	Experts at Stanford University have created a program to help stressed-out students gain perspective -- before they collapse. more...
	"Everybody Does It, Academic Cheating..." - San Francisco Chronicle, Sep. 9, 2007
	Academic cheating is at an all-time high. Can anything be done to stop it? more...
	"Road to stress is paved with good parental intentions" - USA Today, Aug. 16, 2007
	McKinzie Schultz has had a busy summer. Shortly after school ended in June, the 12-year-old attended a sailing camp near her home in Crofton, Md. Then there was the week-long adventure camp, followed by softball camp and Girl Scouts camp. more...