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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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Young, Morghan Velez; Phillips, Rachel Sophia; Nasir, Na'ilah Suad – Journal of Correctional Education, 2010
This paper examines schooling inside a youth prison. We draw on interview and observation data from a study of a youth prison school to understand the practices and tensions of schooling in a juvenile incarceration facility. We describe the processes of schooling in the facility with an eye towards understanding both the conditions of learning and…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Youth Opportunities, Rehabilitation Programs
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DelliCarpini, Margo – Journal of Correctional Education, 2010
This article reports on the development and implementation of a Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program in a county jail system in New York State. The program is funded through the Carl D. Perkins Career & Technical Education Act, which reserves a pocket of funds for individuals in county correctional institutions. This program integrated CTE…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Educational Practices, Vocational Education
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Maccini, Paula; Gagnon, Joseph Calvin; Mulcahy, Candace A.; Leon, Peter E. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2006
The current paper provides a description of instructional approaches for teaching mathematics to secondary students with learning disabilities (LD) and emotional disturbance (ED) within juvenile correctional schools. Recommendations for math instruction are based on a comprehensive review of the literature and examples are provided from an urban…
Descriptors: Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Emotional Disturbances
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Chappell, Cathryn A. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2004
The relationship of post-secondary correctional education (PSCE) and recidivism has been widely studied with various, idiosyncratic results. A meta-analysis of ten years of existing studies was conducted to synthesize a portion of the past research. This study demonstrates, using relevant studies reported from 1990 - 1999, that there is a positive…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Correctional Education, Recidivism, Meta Analysis