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Social Mobility in Rural America: Insights from Communities Whose Young People Are Climbing the Income Ladder. A Field Report by National 4-H Council and the Bridgespan Group
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McKeag, Mark; Soskis, Mike; Ramos, Luis; Breen, Bill – Bridgespan Group, 2018
Researchers and journalists have documented the challenges confronting the nation's rural communities--dwindling populations, few employment opportunities, the opioid crisis, and a lack of public investment. However, there are many rural communities that are surmounting these obstacles and helping their young people build a brighter future. The…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Counties, Youth Programs, Social Mobility
IDRA Newsletter. Volume 44, No. 3
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Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2017
Each edition of the IDRA Newsletter strives to provide many different perspectives on the issues in education topics discussed and to define its significance in the state and national dialogue. This issue focuses on Student Leadership and Engagement and includes: (1) Project Based Learning for Student Success--Teaching Across Content Areas for…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Student Leadership, Learner Engagement
Make Your Job Summer Program. A Report to the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
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Silander, Megan; Chavez-Reilly, Michael; Weinstein, Meryle – Institute for Education and Social Policy, 2015
Teaching entrepreneurship--how to create, grow and run a business or organization--is one potential means to increase college and career readiness skills. Learning how to start a business can improve critical thinking, communication and collaboration (Gallagher, Stepien, & Rosenthal, 1992; Hmelo, 1998), which are key qualities for academic as…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Business Skills
Project TEAMS: Integrating Treatment and Education To Improve Outcomes for Delinquent Youth.
Huffty, Judy; Fitzsimons-Lovett, Ann – Reaching Today's Youth: The Community Circle of Caring Journal, 1999
Describes and evaluates a holistic resocialization program used by the Texas Youth Commission that has been integrated into the state's education, treatment, and correctional programs for incarcerated youth. Goals of the program are to help ensure that the youth can generalize the skills they gain through these processes to situations outside the…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Generalization, Outcome Based Education
Development of Youth Leadership Life Skills of Texas Youth as San Antonio Livestock Exposition School Tour Guides
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Real, Laura A.; Harlin, Julie F. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2006
This study's purpose was to determine the youth leadership life skills of Texas 4- H, FFA, and FCCLA members participating as school tour guides. Descriptive characteristics were evaluated to determine those affecting leadership life skills development. School tour guides participating in the exit-meeting during the 2004 San Antonio Livestock…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Youth Programs, Leadership Training, Skill Development
The Impact of Arts Education on Workforce Preparation. Issue Brief.
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Psilos, Phil – 2002
Research examining the impact of arts education on workforce preparation has confirmed that programs incorporating the arts can be educational, developmentally rich, and cost-effective ways of providing students with the skills needed for productive participation in today's economy. Arts education has been shown to help students develop basic,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Art Education, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Change