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Download full textAyers, William, Ed.; Lyon, Gabrielle, Ed.; McKinney, Gina, Ed.; O'Brien, James, Ed.; Quinn, Therese, Ed. – Democracy & Education, 1998
Articles in this theme issue explore the state of children and youth at the end of the millennium. Imagination and the arts, ethnographic and interpretive exploration, and traditional social science investigations are used to consider the meaning of childhood and what life is like for children today. The articles are: (1) "Children at…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Childhood Needs, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
Facts You Can Use--Seeds of Help, 1997
The escalation of youth violence is one of the major public health concerns of the United States. Many factors today make juveniles more likely to commit, or to become victims of, violent acts. Drugs, the availability of guns, and the emergence of gang problems in all regions of the country are among the causes of youth violence. Prevention of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Delinquency, Early Parenthood
Hechinger, Fred M. – Carnegie Quarterly, 1994
A 3-day conference brought together health and education experts to explore responses to adolescent health problems and to suggest ways to implement the recommendations put forward in "Fateful Choices: Healthy Youth for the 21st Century," by Fred M. Hechinger. Conference participants identified a number of adolescent health problems and the areas…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
