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Download full textHowell, James C. – 2000
This document draws on more than 50 years of gang program evaluations to summarize what has been learned about: (1) prevention programs, including early childhood, school-based, and afterschool initiatives; (2) intervention programs, including those that work to create violence-free zones, establish gang summits and truces, and rehabilitate gang…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Juvenile Gangs
Peer reviewedIsaacs, Madelyn L.; Duffus, Lee R. – School Counselor, 1995
Describes a pilot program designed to create a peer network and cultural environment that promotes academic achievement and attainment among minority students. The program is based on the relationship between self-esteem, self-efficacy, and achievement motivation. (CH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High Achievement, High School Students, High Schools
