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Miller, Ronald C.; And Others – 1987
The report evaluates the 1985-86 Special Education Attendance Improvement/Dropout Prevention and Dropout Prevention (AIDP/DPP) programs as they operated in 45 New York City sites. City tax-levy DPP funds were allocated during the 1985-86 school year to the Division of Special Education to expand existing state-funded AIDP services for at-risk…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Attendance, Behavior Problems
Grannis, Joseph C. – 1987
In the 1982-1983 school year, the Public Education Association, an educational advocacy organization in New York City, undertook an action research project on young adolescents' stress in school. The project was located in one inner-city intermediate school for 4 years and is now following graduates of that school in the city's high schools. As…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Black Students, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedEpstein, Jennifer A.; And Others – Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 1996
Survey of sixth and seventh graders in 47 schools revealed that adolescents who spoke Spanish with their parents were less likely to have had an alcoholic drink relative to adolescents who spoke English and Spanish with their parents. Differences also were found based on language use with friends, country of origin, and sex. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drinking, Grade 6, Grade 7
