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Download full textDanville Area School District, PA. – 1970
A survey was conducted by the Rural Sociology Section of The Pennsylvania State University Cooperative Extension Service and the Montour County Extension Association, utilizing 323 ninth through twelfth grade in-school youth and 199 parents. Data were collected by means of a self-administered questionnaire. Three specific objectives of the survey…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Data Analysis, Parent Attitudes, Questionnaires
Peer reviewedSchool Libraries in Canada, 2002
Includes 22 articles that address the use of Canadian statistics in the classroom. Highlights include the Statistics Canada Web site; other Web resources; original sources; critical thinking; debating with talented and gifted students; teaching marketing; environmental resources; data management; social issues and values; math instruction; reading…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Critical Thinking, Debate, Elementary Secondary Education
Kids Count Minnesota, Minneapolis. – 1995
This first annual report of Minnesota KIDS COUNT focuses on key indicators of children's well-being and details the condition of children in each of Minnesota's 87 counties. Minnesota KIDS COUNT--as part of a campaign by Children's Defense Fund-Minnesota and Congregations Concerned for Children to end child poverty in Minnesota--collects,…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Environment
Kaufman, Phillip; And Others – 1991
This report presents national data for 1990 on high school dropout and retention rates. The report uses the Current Population Survey and the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988. The three types of dropout rates discussed are: (1) event rates, (2) status rates, and (3) cohort rates. The report also examines high school completion and…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cohort Analysis, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC. Statistical Policy Div. – 1973
The book contains statistics selected and organized to describe social conditions and trends in the United States. Most of the data was compiled through Federal Government surveys. The following eight major social areas are examined: health, public safety, education, employment income, housing, leisure and recreation, and population. Within each…
Descriptors: Crime, Education, Educational Trends, Employment Patterns
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. – 1977
The report contains a comprehensive graphic collection of statistical data selected and organized to describe current social conditions and trends in the United States. Eleven chapters examine major social areas: population; the family; housing; social security and welfare; health and nutrition; public safety; education and training; work; income,…
Descriptors: Crime, Education, Educational Trends, Employment Patterns
