This paper presents stress as a real phenomenon in school life and is the result of areflective analysis based on six studies carried out at the levels of basic, middle and hig-her education carried out by the Faculty of Psychology at La Sabana University. Theresults of the studies, as well as the casuistics related to the stress suffered by studentsat all levels of education, provide evidence of the existence of stress generating factorswhich are related to loss of a parent, disease of a sibling or a relative, excess homework,low academic performance, disturbing pressure, sitting exams, among others