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Bickel, Robert; McDonough, Meghan – Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 1997
In contrast to persistent "culture of poverty" explanations, studies of seemingly irrational risk-taking behaviors among West Virginia adolescents found that early pregnancy and dropping out of school were related to lack of economic opportunity and decline of traditional community cultural patterns without acceptable alternatives.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aspiration, Community Characteristics, Context Effect

Kilgour, David – Canadian Social Studies, 1996
Integrates facts, figures, and statistics from several international and Canadian sources on the current state of family life. Provides a quick overview of such issues as family and school violence, at-risk children, and substance abuse. Briefly discusses the influence of the entertainment industry. (MJP)
Descriptors: Child Responsibility, Child Welfare, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Life

McGarrell, Edmund F.; Sandys, Marla – American Behavioral Scientist, 1996
Contends that often lawmakers misread their constituents' opinions on important issues. Presents data from an Indiana survey that suggest support for the death penalty vanishes when citizens are given the option of life in prison without possibility of parole combined with a requirement of work and restitution. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capital Punishment, Conservatism, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
Walton, Gerald – Journal of School Violence, 2005
The issue of bullying features prominently in educational administration, academic research, journalism, and public discourse. In this paper, I present a critical examination of research on bullying by addressing dominant themes and preoccupations in the literature. I argue that the proliferation of policies and programs purported to reduce…
Descriptors: Violence, Bullying, Educational Administration, Antisocial Behavior
Harter, Susan; Low, Sabina M.; Whitesell, Nancy R. – Journal of School Violence, 2003
This study first examined a model of the predictors and mediators of both suicidal ideation and violent ideation, particularly since both types of ideation were highly correlated (r = 0.55) among our young adolescent participants. The variables in the model were those identified in media accounts of the histories of the 10 high-profile school…
Descriptors: Aggression, Suicide, Early Adolescents, Depression (Psychology)
Ableser, Judith – Journal of School Violence, 2003
This ethnographic study's intent was to understand and interpret elementary teachers' evolving attitudes, perceptions and practices towards non-violence curriculum, the "Second Step" violence-prevention program, and a project model utilizing consultants to implement instruction. Findings included that the curriculum was not implemented as intended…
Descriptors: Violence, Prevention, Ethnography, Elementary School Teachers
McCray, Carlos R.; Pauken, Patrick; Beachum, Floyd D. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2004
This case is about the clash between traditional community values and multicultural values in the context of same-sex couples at a high school prom. Within this context, a new principal must deal with competing personal and professional values, as well as the competing divergent views of district level administrators, school board members,…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Social Attitudes
Quezada, Reyes; Romo, Jaime J. – Multicultural Education, 2004
Research indicates that there is a correlation between exposure of violence in the media and in entertainment and student behavior. Many students have been victims themselves of violent, verbal, and physical assaults. Classroom teachers and educators continue to address this issue locally in classrooms and in their schools. Amid the various…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Multicultural Education, Student Behavior, Teacher Education Programs
Conroy, Maureen A.; Brown, William H. – Behavioral Disorders, 2004
Educators have frequently expressed concern about young children who are exposed to known environmental risk factors associated with the development of chronic behavior problems (e.g., poverty, domestic violence, child maltreatment). Nevertheless, a societal commitment to address these environmental risk factors by identifying young children who…
Descriptors: Prevention, Identification, Behavior Problems, Young Children
Crockett, Deborah – School Psychology Quarterly, 2003
Children will face many critical issues in the 21st century. Unfortunately, most of these issues are not new and have remained the same from previous years. Millions of children lack safe, affordable, quality child care and early childhood education while their parents work. Seven and one-half million children are at home alone without…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education, Program Implementation, Poverty
Pagani, Linda S.; Tremblay, Richard E.; Nagin, Daniel; Zoccolillo, Mark; Vitaro, Frank; McDuff, Pierre – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2004
Contributing to the family violence and conflict literature, we examine prospective and concurrent risk factors associated with verbal and physical aggression toward mothers by 15/16 year-old adolescent sons and daughters. Data from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Kindergarten Children is used to examine the influence of socioeconomic factors,…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Aggression, Mothers, At Risk Persons
Morrell, Robert – Australian Educational Researcher, 2003
In South Africa where there is a very high HIV infection rate among teenagers and young adults, it is surprising to find that students and teachers are very unwilling to talk about the possibility of being or becoming HIV positive. While AIDS messages dominate public discourse, there is a silence in schools about the personal in relation to AIDS.…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Fuels, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Young Adults
Bank, Barbara J., Ed. – Praeger, 2007
In this two volume set, educators explore the intersection of gender and education. Their entries deal with educational theories, research, curricula, practices, personnel, and policies, but also with variations in the gendering of education across historical and cultural contexts. The various contributors discuss gender as a social construction.…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Sororities, Sex Fairness, School Choice
Severeide, Rebecca – Online Submission, 2007
Purpose and Methods: This report is the second benchmark study to assess the system of supports for school readiness. The data for this study was collected in the fall of 2006 on 537 entering kindergarten children and their families in eight representative schools across the County. The ecological model and methods from the first study, which was…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Muthukrishna, Nithi; Ramsuran, Anitha – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2007
This paper emerges out of a larger qualitative study that aimed at mapping barriers to basic education experienced by children and adults in the context of the HIV and AIDS pandemic. The study was undertaken in Richmond district and involved a range of centres of learning (formal and informal) including three high schools, five primary schools,…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Focus Groups, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Caregivers