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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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Finlay, Andrea; Flanagan, Connie – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2009
Education beyond high school is generally considered important for access to good jobs. Education is also a route to civic incorporation; people with more years of education tend to be more engaged in community affairs. This working paper looks at the educational progress over four years of a national sample of young adults and the relationship…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Education Work Relationship, Citizen Participation, Family Income
Flanagan, Connie; Gallay, Leslie – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2008
The purpose of this project was to gain a better understanding of dimensions of trust and inter-relationships between those dimensions during the adolescent years. Drawing from survey data collected at the beginning and end of a semester in eighty middle- and high-school social studies classes, relationships were assessed between: social trust,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Social Class, Trust (Psychology), Minority Groups