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Download full textConklin, Nancy Faires; Hurtig, Janise – 1986
This report for individuals and organizations engaged in literacy outreach activities explores a youth agency-based, social service professional-facilitated strategy for reaching out-of-school youth. Chapter I describes the growing problem of school dropout. Chapter II synthesizes governmental and scholarly studies of youth and schooling,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1987
An ever-expanding body of social science research indicates that school is the single best avenue out of poverty, and educational achievement is now the most accurate predictor of a person's future economic success. Therefore, to help school districts, schools, parents, and community leaders improve the education of disadvantaged children, a wide…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Educational Attainment
Bailis, Lawrence Neil – 1987
Community-based organizations (CBOs) have been an integral part of the employment and training programs of the past two decades and have provided a wide variety of services to youth and adults alike. The vast differences between different CBOs make it impossible to draw definitive, generalizable conclusions about them. It appears, however, that…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Community Organizations, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
Drummond, Melody; Seid, Rachel – 2001
This issue of "The Future of Children" focuses on the daily care of infants and toddlers in the United States, highlighting information on caregiving arrangements, employer and government initiatives, promising strategies, and resources for use by journalists and policymakers. The guide begins with a summary of major findings related to…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Day Care, Employed Parents, Employer Supported Day Care
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Planning and Research Branch. – 1984
Student achievement, cost, rural context, and qualitative differences relative to small/rural schools were analyzed in Alberta to address the choice between small elementary school construction and school consolidation with student busing. Studies in both the United States and Canada have found no consistant significant differences in student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation, Consolidated Schools
Alperowicz, Cynthia – 1983
Suitable for classroom use, the handbook promotes public awareness of the need to provide more positive role models and fewer negative stereotypes on children's television. Each section contains photographic examples and quotations by members representing organizations such as Black Endowment Television, the National Association for the…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Stereotypes, Childrens Television, Commercial Television
