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Globally Mobile Middle Class Lives in Government Secondary Schools
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Higginson, Joanne; McLeod, Julie; Rizvi, Fazal – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2019
Schooling has long been studied for its role in class formation and reproduction, Australian government secondary schools have also traditionally been associated with 'the local' and with 'nation building'. Some schools might now also be engaged with ideas of the 'the global' not only through policy practices and priorities, but also through the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Secondary Schools, Middle Class, Foreign Countries
Linking Social--Environmental Risk Factors with Aggression in Suburban Adolescents: The Role of Social--Cognitive Mediators
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Bradshaw, Catherine P.; Goldweber, Asha; Garbarino, James – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
Previous research suggests that social--cognitive factors mediate the association between social--environmental risk and aggression in high-risk samples, but less is known about the relation among these factors in suburban youth. The present study examined whether such an association occurred for suburban youth exposed to low levels of social…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Environmental Influences, Risk, Aggression
Writing the Divide: High School Students Crossing Urban-Suburban Contexts
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Lopez, Gretchen E.; Nastasi, A. Wendy – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2012
Given persisting patterns of racial, ethnic, and class re-segregation, this study considers opportunities that high school-aged youth have to cross these divides. What critical learning might occur? What can educators learn from student reflections toward providing opportunities, experiences, or structures to challenge the status quo? In…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, High School Students, Teaching Methods
Comparison of Parent and Student Responses to Asthma Surveys: Students Grades 3 12 and Their Parents from a Suburban Private School Setting
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Yawn, Barbara P.; Wollan, Peter; Kurland, Marge; Bertram, Susan – Journal of School Health, 2006
Schools are being called upon to help address asthma, a common problem in school- aged children. School-based asthma programs need information about asthma diagnoses, asthma symptoms, and asthma's impact on school attendance. Parent or student surveys are the most common method of collecting these data. However, medical literature offers little…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Private Schools, Diseases
Effects of Pre- and Posttrip Activities Associated with a Residential Environmental Education Experience on Students' Attitudes toward the Environment
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Smith-Sebasto, N. J.; Cavern, Lisa – Journal of Environmental Education, 2006
The authors measured the impact of adding pre- and posttrip in-class activities to the residential environmental education program at the New Jersey School of Conservation (NJSOC). Seventh-grade students (N = 169) from a suburban, northern New Jersey school district participated in a 3-day, 2-night experience. The Environmental Adaptation,…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Student Attitudes, Educational Experience, Field Trips
1979-1980 Hartford Project Concern Program. Final Evaluation Report 80-20.
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Iwanicki, Edward F.; Gable, Robert K. – 1980
The Project Concern Program, which sought to promote school desegregation through cooperation among schools in Hartford, Connecticut, and its suburbs, is evaluated in this report. The evaluation addresses the following areas: (1) career patterns of project graduates, dropouts, and non-participants in Hartford; (2) issues of attrition; and (3) the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education