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Download full textPeters, Lori J. – 1985
This fact sheet presents teenage suicide as a reaction to stress in adolescence compounded by increasing stress in the environment. It can also be examined as part of a three-step process: a previous history of problems, problems associated with adolescence, and a precipitating event. Contrary to popular belief, suicide is not an impulsive act but…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Role, Counseling Techniques, Identification
Peterson-del Mar, David – 1994
Coalition building and school restructuring unfortunately do not always occur together. But the two forces can complement each other and combine their resources and strengths. Coalitions are organizations or groups of individuals who share a commitment to a particular issue. Although coalitions involved in school restructuring may in the long run…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Responsibility
Fanning, Jim – 1995
This digest examines the pressures that have led to school consolidation, what consolidation has achieved, the role of community in education, and the ways that school consolidation undermines that role. Belief in the principle of economies of scale and the pursuit of national educational goals related to economic competitiveness have led school…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Community Role, Consolidated Schools, Cultural Context
Marcos, Kathleen M.; Peyton, Joy Kneeft – 2000
Interest in and support for language study has been strengthened in the United States in recent years by the growing recognition that proficiency in more than one language benefits both individual learners and society. For the individual language learner, research has found a positive link between second language proficiency and cognitive and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Business, Community Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Finley, Mary – 1994
Resilience is a quality that characterizes children who, though exposed to significant stress and adversity in their lives, do not succumb to the school and life failures predicted for them. Recent research suggests ways that schools and communities can protect children from the threats that confront individuals and families. This digest…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Role, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Bosworth, Kris – 1997
This Digest discusses the role of the school, the community, and teacher preparation programs in alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) prevention among adolescents. It proposes that a comprehensive drug abuse prevention curriculum should incorporate: (1) normative education to help students realize that use of ATOD is not the norm for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Role, Curriculum Design, Drug Abuse
