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Beabout, Brian – Multicultural Education, 2007
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the district temporarily lost 100% of its students and did not reopen a single school for more than two months. As it became apparent that the district was not prepared to bring the schools back from such a devastating blow, educators began to see a silver lining in Katrina's dark clouds. State School Board…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, State Schools, Public Schools, Boards of Education
Pelham, Anabel, Ed.; Sills, Elizabeth, Ed.; Eisman, Gerald S., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2010
Starting from the premise that the health status, vulnerability to accidents and disease, and life spans are determined by the organization, delivery, and financing (or lack thereof) of health care, this book explores how educators and community caretakers teach the complex web of inter-connection between the micro level of individual health and…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Health, Public Health, Health Promotion
Lobb, Nancy – 1996
Natural Disasters is a reproducible teacher book that explains what scientists believe to be the causes of a variety of natural disasters and suggests steps that teachers and students can take to be better prepared in the event of a natural disaster. It contains both student and teacher sections. Teacher sections include vocabulary, an answer key,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Natural Disasters, Science Activities, Units of Study
Lima, Bruno R.; And Others – 1987
The mental health needs of disaster victims remains a largely neglected area, possibly due to other pressing demands placed on available resources and to the difficulties in correctly detecting psychiatric cases by the general health worker. This study attempted to use a questionnaire suitable to primary care settings for the detection of probable…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Mental Health, Natural Disasters, Predictive Validity
Wold, Geoffrey H. – School Business Affairs, 1987
Outlines four phases in the development of a disaster recovery plan that will ensure minimal disruption of operations in the event of a disaster. (MD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Emergency Programs, Natural Disasters, Planning
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Pijawka, K. David; And Others – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1988
Notes that deaths from natural and technological disasters are increasing in United States. Reviews key findings in areas of vulnerability to natural hazards, disaster behavior and risk perception, societal concern over technological hazard, and social-psychological effects of disasters. Calls for research examining the role of media and measuring…
Descriptors: Accidents, Death, Natural Disasters, Research and Development
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Klein, Fred – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1994
Discusses, in the context of southern California's severe earthquake in January 1994, attitudes to technology and the information superhighway. Argues that technology should not be worshipped as a solution. (SR)
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Earthquakes, Internet, Natural Disasters
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Burling, Wynona K.; Hyle, Adrienne E. – Educational Planning, 1997
Identifies, evaluates, and ranks disaster-preparedness planning in school districts nationally. Findings reveal great diversity in disaster planning, from no plans whatsoever to action planning covering before, during, and in the aftermath of a disaster. (GR)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Natural Disasters, Planning
Brown, Richard – Business Officer, 2000
Recounts the experience of East Carolina University (North Carolina) in responding to the disaster of Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Identifies 10 operational lessons such as ensuring that the institution's emergency response team is prepared for quick decisions and planning with the assumption that all vital utilities will be lost for not less than a…
Descriptors: Crisis Management, Emergency Programs, Higher Education, Hurricanes
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2005
Probably the most reported and unforgettable story in 2005, in addition to the ongoing War in Iraq, was Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf Coast region of the United States at the end of August. The hurricane's aftermath is still affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. In the higher education community, thousands of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Annual Reports, Yearbooks, Natural Disasters
Robelen, Erik W. – Teacher Magazine, 2005
A school devastated by Hurricane Katrina, which struck southeastern Louisiana on August 29, reopens--but for teachers, the real work is just beginning. First, there was the storm. Roofing was ripped off some of the beige, block like buildings that make up Bonnabel High's nondescript campus nestled in a suburban neighborhood near the New Orleans…
Descriptors: Weather, Natural Disasters, Emergency Shelters, Public Schools
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Baird, Stephen L. – Technology Teacher, 2005
Global warming is the progressive, gradual rise of the earth's average surface temperature, thought to be caused in part by increased concentrations of "greenhouse" gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Earth's temperature has risen by about one degree Fahrenheit in the past century, with accelerated…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Natural Disasters, Ecological Factors, World Problems
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Davis, Sandra – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2005
Hurricane Ivan struck the Gulf Coast of Florida on September 16, 2004, destroying waterfront homes, and damaging properties for miles. Pensacola Junior College (PJC), a two-year college with three campuses and a student population of approximately 26,000, was hit hard. In the Pensacola Campus Learning Resources Center (LRC), water and mold ruined…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Learning Resources Centers, Natural Disasters, Climate
Jacobson, Linda – Education Week, 2006
As students displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita continue returning to their home school districts in Louisiana and Mississippi, tens of thousands remain scattered elsewhere in those states, in nearby states, and across the nation. Months after schools began rolling out the welcome mat for families fleeing New Orleans and other storm-ravaged…
Descriptors: School Districts, Enrollment, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid
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Peguero, Anthony A. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2006
When a natural or man-made disaster strikes, there is usually little time for citizens to prepare and protect themselves. In September 2003, the U.S. Department of Homeland Defense implemented a National Response Plan dealing with many forms of disaster. However, when a disaster hits, not all citizens are equally prepared or protected. A sample of…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Emergency Programs, Multiple Regression Analysis, Housing
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