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Winik, Lyric Wallwork – American Educator, 1998
Describes a bookstore established for and run by students at an elementary school in New York City. Students are paid for work as cashiers and store personnel with certificates for free books. An editor's note describes the growth of the program, which now buys in volume and supplies many schools around the country. (SLD)
Descriptors: Books, Bookstores, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, New York, NY. – 1997
This digest presents an overview of successful urban anti-truancy strategies, including both supports and penalties for students and their families. It is generally believed that to prevent truancy a sustained, multifaceted, and personalized program for each student must be developed. Community collaboration is essential to these efforts, as the…
Descriptors: Alienation, Attendance, Community Involvement, Educational Policy
Foster, Victoria; Marin, John – 1996
Many of today's children fear school because of violence. Some children do not feel safe going to school, so they stay home. Others are growing up in dysfunctional families, and are not prepared for school or able to perform well at school. Parental help, which is needed at school when problems arise, may be lacking for these children. Among the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, High Risk Students, High School Students, High Schools
Brown, Edward K. – 1971
Current trends in reporting and discussing the educational progress of disadvantaged urban children seem to be made without the benefits of recent findings in educational psychology, learning theory, studies of the effects of societal conditions on educational progress, or psychometric procedures. When these recent findings are considered, one…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth
Sabatino, Melissa – 1996
The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities (SDFSC) Act of 1986 provides funding to school districts to supplement local efforts to eliminate drug and alcohol use by their students. In 1995-96, its ninth year of funding, the Austin Independent School District (AISD) (Texas) received $363,720 from the SDFSC grant plus a sum carried over from…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Clark, Terry A.; Canner, Jane – 1994
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation developed and sponsored the Middle Grades Initiative (MGI), which began in 1989, in five urban school systems: (1) Baltimore (Maryland); (2) Louisville (Kentucky); (3) Milwaukee (Wisconsin); (4) Oakland (California); and (5) San Diego (California). The purpose of MGI was to change the ways schools educate young,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Critical Thinking, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
