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Ayalon, Aram – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2011
The book describes two similar and successful models of youth mentoring used by two acclaimed urban high schools that have consistently achieved exceptional graduation rates. Providing a detailed description of their methods--based upon extensive observation, and interviews with teachers, students, administrators, and parents--this book makes a…
Descriptors: Caring, Achievement Gap, Urban Schools, Neighborhoods
Leigh, Lauraine, Ed.; Gersch, Irvine, Ed.; Dix, Ann, Ed.; Haythorne, Deborah, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
"Dramatherapy with Children, Young People and Schools" is the first book to specifically evaluate the unique value of dramatherapy in the educational environment. A variety of highly experienced dramatherapists, educational psychologists and childhood experts discuss the benefits to the children and young people, and also in relation to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Needs, Educational Psychology, Academic Achievement
Koplow, Lesley, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2007
The first edition of this indispensable book set the standard for high-quality intervention and prevention programs in early childhood practice. Since its publication, many new forces have impacted the landscape of early childhood education, presenting both great opportunities and great risks for today's emotionally fragile young children. Once…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Early Intervention, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Thomas, Alex, Ed.; Grimes, Jeff, Ed. – 1987
This monograph was written as a reference for practitioners who need an authoritative source of information on a wide variety of topics beyond the classroom and the child's own personal characteristics that influence school success. Included are 93 separate chapters, written by a diverse group of school psychologists and arranged alphabetically…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childhood Needs, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
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Borman, Kathryn, Ed.; Schneider, Barbara, Ed. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 1998
Viewing adolescence as a "dynamic social construction," this volume explores the state of adolescence in the context of rapid social change. The articles in the volume reveal a recurrent theme: no matter how adolescence is defined, the establishment of identity and the search for autonomy remain central developmental tasks of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Developmental Stages
Ford, Donna Y. – 1996
This book focuses on the psychological, social, and cultural factors that influence the achievement of black youth who are gifted or potentially gifted, the prevention of underachievement, and appropriate interventions in cases of underachievement. The roles that families, educators, peers, and students themselves must play in promoting the…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted