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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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The Status of Education in Pre-Trial Juvenile Detention
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Koyama, Perie Reiko – Journal of Correctional Education, 2012
While considerable research has been conducted on educational practices and programming for incarcerated youth, significantly less attention has been given to short-term detained youth. The high transience of pre-adjudicated youth, legal protections pending trial, and varying levels of collaboration with correctional personnel have made it…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Federal Legislation, Educational Practices, Juvenile Justice
Reading Problems, Attentional Deficits, and Current Mental Health Status in Adjudicated Adolescent Males
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O'Brien, Natalie; Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Jennifer; Shelley-Tremblay, John – Journal of Correctional Education, 2007
This study examined the prevalence of reading problems and self-reported symptoms of attentional deficits in a sample of adjudicated adolescent males (N = 101) aged 12 to 18 years who were residing in an alternative sentencing residential program. Thirty-four percent of the youth had reading problems while only 9% of the boys had self-reported…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Reading Difficulties, Residential Programs, Attention Deficit Disorders