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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Youniss, James – Applied Developmental Science, 2011
The timeliness of civic education for American youth is discussed. Particular attention is given to the history of calls for civic education, the state of civic education in schools today, particularly those serving youth in disadvantaged contexts, and the specific ways in which schools can better address the civic education needs of contemporary…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Student Government, Disadvantaged Youth, Extracurricular Activities
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Reinders, Heinz; Youniss, James – Applied Developmental Science, 2006
This study focused on the role of school-based required community service in promoting adolescents' prosocial behavior and intended future civic involvement when service is differentiated by types and by adolescents' perceived experience. A longitudinal data set of high school students (N = 603) was analyzed to investigate the developmental steps…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Students, Prosocial Behavior, Citizen Participation
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Kerestes, Michael; Youniss, James; Metz, Edward – Applied Developmental Science, 2004
This study examined the association between adolescents' religious development, social integration, and risk-taking behaviors. Religious development was tracked along 4 trajectories from sophomore to senior year in high school: low religiosity (sophomore)-low religiosity (senior), low-high, high-low, and high-high. Civic integration was measured…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Spiritual Development, Religion, Social Integration