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Preventing Crime in Urban Communities. Handbook and Program Profiles.

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National Crime Prevention Council, Washington, DC. – 1986

With this handbook, crime prevention practitioners have a guideline by which they can structure viable crime prevention programs for their communities. Every aspect of developing, organizing, and implementing strategies for urban community participation in crime prevention is covered. The handbook makes a compelling case for using local resources…

Descriptors: After School Programs, Community Programs, Crime Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education

Valued Youth Anthology: Articles [from the IDRA Newsletter] on Dropout Prevention.

Intercultural Development Research Association, San Antonio, TX. – 1989

The 33 articles on dropout prevention in this compendium were published in the "IDRA Newsletter"--the newsletter of the Intercultural Development Research Association--between April 1986 and September 1989. They can serve as resources for individuals and organizations addressing the needs of at-risk minority group students and their…

Descriptors: Anthologies, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs

Chance To Succeed: An After School Tutorial Program. A Report on a Project at P.S. 61, New York City, Supported by the Plan for Social Excellence, Inc.

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Walter, Kate – 1991

This report describes an after-school tutorial program in which fifth- and sixth-grade tutors at Public School 61, situated in the heart of the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, tutor third and fourth graders. The Chance To Succeed Program was developed by assistant principal I. Kushner. It begins in November and ends in June, and runs…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Asian Americans, Computer Assisted Instruction

Partners for Valued Youth: Dropout Prevention Strategies for At-Risk Language Minority Students. A Handbook for Teachers and Planners.

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Robledo, Maria del Refugio – 1990

This handbook provides information about an innovative model, Partners for Valued Youth (PVY), that encourages "at-risk" students to stay in school and to set broader goals for themselves through a cross-age tutoring experience in which at-risk middle school students tutor younger, elementary school students. After a preface, the…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Age Teaching, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Education