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Randolph, Norman – School Intervention Report, 1996
Doing something positive about youth gangs will require hard work, attitude change, and enlisting the help of many people. In addition to the many obvious causes of gangs, there are less well-known factors, such as academic achievement, that are related to youth participation in gangs. Participation in extracurricular activities helps young people…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Delinquency, Drug Use
Download full textWilson, William Julius, Ed. – The Annals, 1989
This volume presents the research findings of numerous scholars on the theme, The Ghetto Underclass: Social Science Perspectives. The following 13 articles are included: (1) "The Cost of Racial and Class Exclusion in the Inner City" (L. Wacquant and W. Wilson); (2) "Urban Industrial Transition and the Underclass" (J. Kasarda); (3) "Absent Fathers…
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Fathers, Ghettos, Homeless People
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
Peer reviewedRog, Debra J., Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1991
Six articles provide an overview of the multiple approaches to evaluating the problems of homelessness and introduce the challenges of evaluating interventions for the homeless. The first part focuses on research about homelessness, and the second part describes major demonstration programs and their evaluations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Epidemiology, Estimation (Mathematics)
O'Hare, William P.; And Others – Population Bulletin, 1991
The African American population has made remarkable progress since the 1960s, but recent trends may derail the progress of many American blacks. Compared to previous years, United States blacks, who number 30 million in 1991, are more educated, earn higher salaries, work in more prestigious jobs, and participate more fully in politics. However,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Population Trends, Blacks, Employment Level
Carnegie Quarterly, 1988
This document provides a detailed synopsis of the book "Within Our Reach: Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage" (L. B. Schorr). Specific kinds of intervention programs can alter the stunting conditions in which many poor children are raised. It is not necessary to change everything in order to make a difference, and policymakers do not need to wait…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Books, Child Welfare
