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Archives: 2014 & Earlier

The Principal’s Guide to Afterschool Programs

Anne Turnbaugh Lockwood Corwin Press 144 pages. $24.95. More and more schools are getting involved in the after-school industry, which was previously...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Small Schools and Urban Youth

Gilberto Conchas and Louie Rodriguez Corwin Press 168 pages. $24.95. The small-school revolution tends to be discussed primarily by its technical issues,...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Help for When College Years Are Not So Carefree

Chicago Tribune Students with average or above-average intelligence who benefit from special-education programs usually find that their learning and support services come...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Free Snacks

It’s official: After-school centers located in low-income areas can be paid back for providing healthful snacks to youth as old as 18....

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

The Re-Militarized Zone

New York Press Some students are angered by what they see as increasingly aggressive recruitment by the military in New York City’s...

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Choices, Changes and Challenges: Curriculum and Instruction in the NCLB Era

Center on Education Policy Nearly two-thirds of U.S. school districts report that since the implementation of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) during...

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The Quality of School-Age Child Care in After-School Settings

Child and Early Education Research Connections Although research indicates that regular participation in high-quality after-school programs yields many positive developmental benefits for...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Ready = Ready = Ready

The month of May produced yet another study showing that the skills young people need to be ready for life beyond high...

News

Prevention Cures Fiscal Pain

Photo: Photo courtesy of SAY San Diego—It took just a few days for Michael Carr to learn the cold realities of working...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Abstinence Ed Fires Back

Walk 10 paces, turn around and draw your conclusions. That’s what abstinence education proponents and comprehensive sex ed proponents have been doing...

Adapt or Die

A magnifier helps children look for living things in lessons on Earth science. Not long ago, Hands On Science Outreach was a...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

School’s Caring Helps Students Beat Odds

The Boston Globe Boston International High, created in 2003 to educate recent immigrants, graduated its first class in June, and all 35...

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California’s Afterschool Expansion

William T. Grant Foundation This very readable report, written by consultant and former journalist Joseph Ames, details how California implemented the largest...

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Improving Attendance and Retention in Out-of-School Time Programs

Child Trends Few benefits can be gained from out-of-school programs without the active, consistent participation of youth. This brief provides ideas for...

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Diplomas Count: Ready for What? Preparing for College, Careers and Life After High School

Editorial Projects in Education Research Center/Education Week Today’s high school graduates will need at least some college education in order to land...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Summer O’Malley

Summer O’Malley Leader G.E.M. Living Classrooms Foundation (410) 685-0295 www.gemmaryland.org Age: 31. Salary: $13 per hour. About the Program: G.E.M. (Girls Empowerment...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Ending the Silent Epidemic

www.silentepidemic.org Launched as part of a new national movement to curtail the number of high school dropouts, this site offers resources to...

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Dropout Risk Factors and Exemplary Programs

Communities in Schools/National Center for Dropout Prevention The evidence compiled in this study shows that dropping out of school is almost always...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier