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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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Shadle, Susan – Perspectives in Peer Programs, 2010
A program at North East High School (NEHS) was started to help improve state test scores. Senior students work with underclassmen in one of the four state test areas: Algebra, English 10, Biology, and Government to help improve scores with hopes of passing the test. State test scores help to determine whether or not a school will meet their Annual…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement, Peer Teaching, Standardized Tests
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Sharpe-Taylor, Linda; Tindall, Judith A.; Dargan, Wilistine – Perspectives in Peer Programs, 2008
The Kansas City Missouri Public Schools through Title IV, Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program was awarded a grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation to focus on the reduction of underage drinking and driving and seatbelt compliance and distracted driving. The grant focused on educating JROTC staff and School Resource…
Descriptors: Drinking, Youth Leaders, Grants, Drug Education
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Tindall, Judith A.; Black, David R.; Spight, Damon L. – Perspectives in Peer Programs, 2007
The National FFA Organization's Partners in Active Learning Support (PALS) is a program that utilizes high school members from FFA chapters as peer mentors. The purpose of this study was to examine needs of a sample of PALS advisors and mentors. An on-site pilot study was initially conducted, which included 3 individual interviews with program…
Descriptors: Mentors, Needs Assessment, Focus Groups, Active Learning
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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