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Download full textSnyder, Thomas D.; Dillow, Sally A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2015
The 2013 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 49th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The Digest has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Dropouts, Educational Finance
Johnson, Mary – Vocational Education Journal, 1990
Describes the work of the five regional centers established by the U.S. Department of Education under the 1986 Drug Free Schools and Communities Act 1986, including the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the centers. (SK)
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Federal Programs, Prevention
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
This document is a congressional report on the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Act of 1990, House of Representatives (H.R.) 5064 which requires the Secretary of Education to reserve $15 million from the appropriations made for the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act for grants to consortia of local educational agencies and other agencies to…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Elementary Education
Dulaney, Chuck – 1995
The Alcohol and Drug Defense (ADD) program provides federal funds authorized by the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to states and local education authorities. ADD is designed to help schools prevent students from abusing drugs and alcohol and provide intervention services for students who use, or are at risk of using, drugs and alcohol.…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Thorne, Judy; Gorham, Bertha; Holley, Judy; Cook, Becky – 1996
In 1990, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) launched a 5-year study of the outcomes of local prevention-education programs funded under the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (DFSCA). This second biennial report summarizes the results of the 1989-91 biennial performance reports completed by governors' DFSCA programs and state education…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Drug Education, Drug Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Becnel, Shirley – 1991
The Drug Free Schools and Communities Act program for the Jefferson Parish Public School System (JPPSS) in Louisiana is designed to provide a comprehensive and developmental substance abuse prevention education program coupled with an early intervention program. The JPPSS program exists in each of the 84 public schools and a portion of the…
Descriptors: Drug Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Prevention
Tashjian, Michael D.; Silvia, E. Suyapa; Thorne, Judy – 1996
In 1990, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) launched a 5-year study of the outcomes of local prevention-education programs funded under the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (DFSCA). Every 2 years ED conducts surveys of the Governors' DFSCA programs and those administered by state education agencies (SEAs) to provide a comprehensive report…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Drug Education, Drug Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC. – 1992
Findings of a descriptive study of Drug Free Schools and Communities Act (DFSCA) state and local programs are summarized in this paper. The formula grant program, which began in fiscal year 1987, is the single largest drug prevention program funded by the federal government. This paper describes the early planning and implementation of DFSCA…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alcohol Education, Drug Education, Drug Legislation
Tashjian, Michael D.; Elliott, Barbara – 1997
In September 1993 the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released a handbook to assist school- and community-based practitioners in designing and conducting evaluations of drug- and violence-prevention programs funded under the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act (DFSCA). A study was undertaken to assess the level of customer satisfaction with…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Drinking, Drug Education, Drug Use
Tashjian, Christene A.; Silvia, E. Suyapa – 1998
Enacted by Congress in 1986, the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (DFSCA) has been the federal government's primary effort to support drug education and prevention for school-aged youth. The findings from the fourth biennial survey, covering the performance period 1993-95, are presented in this report. Nearly all school districts in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Education, Children, Drug Education
Silvia, E. Suyapa; Thorne, Judy – 1997
Establishing school-based drug prevention programs was the aim of the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (DFSCA). The study design and data collection methods for a longitudinal study of the effectiveness of DFSCA are presented in this report. As part of an overall assessment of DFSCA, the report details the methodology used to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Education, Children, Data Collection
Smyer, Roxane – 1991
The Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) received monies to combat drug and alcohol abuse on its campuses through the Drug-Free Schools and Communities (DFSC) Act of 1986. Each year, programs funded and services purchased with these funds have changed. In 1990-91 most of the DFSC monies were used for these projects: the Secondary…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Elementary School Students
PDF pending restorationGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1990
Pursuant to a request from a U.S. Senate committee, this document reviews the implementation of the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986, whose major purpose was to help schools and communities establish drug abuse education and prevention programs. Information gathering efforts were conducted in large urban school districts within five…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Drug Education, Drug Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Tashjian, Christene A.; Silvia, E. Suyapa; Thorne, Judy – 1996
Establishing school-based drug prevention programs was the aim of the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (DFSCA). The extent to which DFSCA-funded programs made a difference in helping states and localities prevent or reduce drug use and some of the effective prevention strategies and programs for use with school-aged youth are examined…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Education, Children, Curriculum Evaluation
Lark, Melody – 1995
The Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986, the National Drug Control Strategy (1989-92), the Five-Year State Master Plan to Reduce Drug and Alcohol Abuse in California (1988-92), and the perspectives of education administrators (n=14) of drug prevention programs in select California public secondary schools (1994-95) were analyzed. The…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Drug Legislation, Drug Use
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