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Download full textUS Department of Education, 2012
Today, the U.S. Department of Education joins the National Task Force on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement, the American Commonwealth Partnership, and the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools in a new national call to action to infuse and enhance civic learning and democratic engagement for all students throughout the American…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Democracy, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education
Bilchik, Shay – 1995
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) compiled this summary in order to assist states and jurisdictions in their delinquency prevention efforts. The summary provides a synthesis of current information on a broad range of programs and strategies which seek to prevent delinquency. The theory of risk-focused prevention is…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Crime Prevention, Delinquency, Delinquency Causes
Peer reviewedLawson, Miriam – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 1990
Describes initiatives of the Community Relations Service, a Justice Department agency, to mediate disputes involving the following areas: (1) minority community reaction to authorities' handling of drug and street gang activity; (2) racial conflict in higher education; (3) acts of racial hate or violence; (4) voting districts and redistricting;…
Descriptors: American Indians, Civil Liberties, Community Problems, Community Relations
Lombard, Ellen C. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
The conservation of childhood and youth is a problem that is occupying the attention of educators, publicists, and welfare workers in this and other countries. Conservation of child life is not separable from the problem of conservation of womanhood. During the past two years, greater service was demanded from the women throughout the country.…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Males, Community Problems
Association of Puerto Rican Executive Directors, New York, NY. – 1989
This Spanish-language publication of the Association of Puerto Rican Executive Directors (APRED) presents recommendations for action by the New York State legislature to improve opportunities and services for the Puerto Rican and Latino community. The agenda for legislative action calls for the integration to the community in the social, economic,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Needs, Community Problems, Economically Disadvantaged
Association of Puerto Rican Executive Directors, New York, NY. – 1989
This publication of the Association of Puerto Rican Executive Directors (APRED) presents recommendations for action by the New York State legislature to improve opportunities and services for the Puerto Rican and Latino community. The agenda for legislative action, produced by the APRED Legislative Task Force, calls for the integration of the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Needs, Community Problems, Economically Disadvantaged
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1985
Participants in a symposium concerned with issues affecting rural New York State identified strengths and weaknesses and suggested policy in relation to three broad goals in the area of human services and community life: (1) increase community awareness of problems affecting rural localities, including the causes and effects of crime, violence,…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Problems, Community Services, Delivery Systems
