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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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Townsend, Ashley C. – Perspectives in Peer Programs, 2013
In the last few years, peer programs have grown in popularity around the country, supported by a growing body of research and the rewards of seeing teenagers' lives changed. Elementary peer programs, with their different set of typical issues, schedule demands, and personnel availability, are certainly different from their middle- and high-school…
Descriptors: Peer Mediation, Rewards, Grade 5, Program Effectiveness
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Larrier, Yvonne I.; Harris, Sandra M.; Linton, Jeremy M. – Perspectives in Peer Programs, 2009
School disengagement and dropout prevention are important areas of inquiry in today's educational environment. School counselors can have dramatic impact on student engagement and retention. The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of a peer helper program on disengagement and dropout. The researchers implemented a comprehensive,…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Peer Counseling, Grade 5, School Counselors
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Kohlhauff, Sara; Stahl, Jo; Wachholz, Patricia – Perspectives in Peer Programs, 2006
As director of the National Writing Project (NWP) at Florida Gulf Coast University, one of the first questions the author gets from both elementary and high school teachers when she talks about the NWP Summer Invitational Institute is this: "What can we possibly hope to gain from each other as we share our best practices?" High school teachers…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Role Models, High School Students, Elementary School Students