If there are teenagers in your life -- listen up: It turns that kids really do want to jump off a bridge if their friends do.
Host Ryan Warner talks with CPR’s education reporter, Jenny Brundin, about some new research on teenagers’ brains.
Also, is your share of your kids' college tuition bill shrinking? Lots of parents are contributing less to that college fund.
Brundin and Warner also discuss whether President Obama is really planning a shake-up of higher education.
Shake Up For Higher Ed – Inside Higher Education
President Obama’s Knox College Speech
How America Pays for College 2012: A national study by Sallie Mae and Ipsos
Report: Economic concerns drive college choices
The Teenage Brain: Peer Influences on Adolescent Decision Making
Teenagers Are Wired for Peer Approval, Study Says
