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Danielle Marie Zammetti – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Title 1 middle schools have always faced unique challenges. Students belonging to families with low socio-economic status and financial stress have to overcome various barriers before they are academically successful and ready for college, career, and life. The COVID-19 pandemic forced students to engage in education outside of traditional school…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Federal Programs
Searcy, Ellen – 1973
A review and analysis was made of Federal work experience programs to provide the Interagency Panel for Research and Development on Adolescence with information on: (1) the effect of work experience on adolescent development, (2) the kinds of learning that occur outside the traditional classroom setting, (3) whether or not experiential learning in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Federal Programs, Individual Development, Program Effectiveness
Duva, Joy; Raley, Gordon – 1988
This document describes the population of youth needing special assistance in the transition to adulthood and the special problems they face. It describes the social systems that attempt to serve these youth and examines the deficiencies of current social policies. Promising developments in policy and practice that can offer guidance in finding…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Lefstein, Leah M.; And Others – 1982
This collection of four articles focuses on the needs of and services for young adolescents in the after-school hours. In "Young Adolescents and Their Communities: A Shared Responsibility," William Kerewsky and Leah M. Lefstein discuss the physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development of young adolescents. Elliot A. Medrich,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advocacy, After School Programs, Community Responsibility
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Katzenmeyer, Conrad – Science Education, 1979
Presents the new program of Science Education for Early Adolescence planned by the Science Education Directorate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve science education for early adolescents. Outlines the rationale for this program, the ongoing planning effort, and the probable future plans. (HM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Curriculum, Educational Development, Elementary Secondary Education
National Institutes of Health (DHHS), Bethesda, MD. – 1981
Research programs of the human learning and behavior branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD) are described in five sections of this document. The specific programs conducted in the areas of learning and cognitive development, development of communicative abilities, biological bases of behavioral development,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Behavior, Behavior Development