This book is for educators who serve homeless students or students temporarily sharing houses with other families. It describes many promising strategies for working with these students. The chapters are: (1) "Educating Homeless Children and Youth: An Introduction" (James H. Stronge); (2) "Meeting the Developmental and Educational Needs of…

This report on poverty in the District of Columbia is designed to serve as a strategic planning tool for the United Planning Organization (UPO), its delegate agencies, affiliate organizations, and the general public as they address the challenges of poverty in the city. The first section highlights the significant demographic changes that have…

In the 1990s, teen pregnancy and birth rates in the United States declined significantly. Researchers cite two main factors: fewer teens are having sex, and among those who are, more are using contraception. Despite these positive trends, there are still about one million pregnancies and about half a million births each year to young women aged 15…

Using a review of the literature and national longitudinal data on 1,087 youth aged 11 to 17, this study investigated whether religious commitment reduces drug use among poor urban teenagers. Standard multivariate statistical analysis of data from the National Youth Survey (1997) showed that inner-city adolescents who were more religious were…

This examination of youth violence in the United States begins with an empirical examination of youth violence in the 1990s, exploring trends and the nature of adolescent violence. The second part of the volume examines the legal principles and specific policy options available to respond to youth violence, and the last section attempts to put the…

Paper discusses the etiology of low educational achievement in black students and the inequalities in the social system which render black youth the victims of unjust social policies. (Author)

A white teacher reports his teaching experience in an inner city school. (JF)

Significant attitudinal differences found between rural and urban girls are as of family, religion, morality, premarital sex, and education suggest need for separate curriculums in family living to meet differing needs. Complete thesis copies available upon request from author, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102. (CJ)

Steps to improve the effectiveness of teachers in school that have a large percentage of disadvantaged and disinterested students are outlined. (CK)

While differences occur in drinking patterns of urban and rural teenagers, the influence of peers is strong for both groups. (JD)

When eight black and eight white children tried to purchase cigarettes in California, where purchase by minors is illegal, black children were sold cigarettes significantly more often, especially in black neighborhoods and by nonblack clerks, and adult customers made no effort to stop them. Implications for smoking prevention are discussed. (SLD)

Developed procedures for constructing a retrospective person-period data set from cross-sectional data and discusses modeling strategies for estimating multilevel discrete-time event history models. Applied the methods to the analysis of cigarette use by 1,979 urban adolescents. Results show the influence of the racial composition of the…

Analyzes popular culture as it relates to the expression of universal human values, namely the desire and struggle for freedom from tyranny and oppression. Examines popular culture as the everyday social experience of marginalized students as they confront, make sense of, and contend with social institutions such as schools, the mass media,…

Studied beliefs about the motivation and ability of young people to contribute to their communities and tested the hypothesis that adults with a strong sense of community would have more positive views of young people. Telephone survey responses of samples of 321 and 430 adults shows that society may be receptive to a new frame of mind about young…