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McCormick, Meghan P.; Cappella, Elise; O'Connor, Erin E.; McClowry, Sandee G. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
Given established links between social-emotional skills and academic achievement, there is growing support for implementing universal social/behavioral interventions in early schooling (Jones & Bouffard, 2012). Advocates have been particularly interested in implementing such programming in low income urban schools where students are likely to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Educational Environment, Academic Achievement, Interpersonal Competence
Burnett, Gary; Walz, Garry – 1994
This ERIC digest examines the growth and nature of juvenile gangs and the growing problem they present in the nation's public schools. It explores the characteristics of gangs, the impact gangs are having on public schools, why gangs develop and why students join them, what the schools' responses have been to gangs, and effective interactions for…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Delinquency, Dropouts, Drug Use