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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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They're Not Little Kids Anymore: The Special Challenges of New Teachers in High Schools and Middle Schools. Lessons Learned: New Teachers Talk about Their Jobs, Challenges and Long-Range Plans. Issue No. 1
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Rochkind, Jonathan; Ott, Amber; Immerwahr, John; Doble, John; Johnson, Jean – Public Agenda, 2007
This issue of "Lessons Learned" carries the heading "They're Not Little Kids Anymore: The Special Challenge of New Teachers in High Schools and Middle Schools." It goes without saying that almost all parents love their children dearly, but nearly 9 in 10 admit "kids become a lot more challenging when they hit the teen years." So in a way, it…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, High Schools, Teaching (Occupation), Middle Schools
Issue No. 2: How Black and Hispanic Families Rate Their Schools. Reality Check, 2006
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Johnson, Jean; Arumi, Ana Maria; Ott, Amber – Public Agenda, 2006
It is not the kind of atmosphere most adults would find helpful if they needed to study and learn-high dropout rates, kids promoted without learning, schools short on money, profanity and disrespect, fighting, drug and alcohol abuse. Yet these are "very serious" problems in schools, according to surprisingly large numbers of the nation's black and…
Descriptors: White Students, Educational Status Comparison, Educationally Disadvantaged, Educational Quality