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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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Beisse, Kay; Tyre, Ashli – School Social Work Journal, 2013
This study was an exploratory investigation of caregiver involvement in the education of youth in foster care. In this study, foster caregivers reported that they are involved in the education of children in their care and participate in at-home involvement activities more often than at-school involvement activities. Caregivers in this study…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Foster Care, Caregivers, Social Work
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Groton, Danielle; Teasley, Martell L.; Canfield, James P. – School Social Work Journal, 2013
With the needs and challenges of adolescent homelessness on the rise, the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (MVA) was crafted as a public policy initiative aimed at facilitating access to schools for this population. While school social workers are the designated personnel for practice with homeless school-aged children, we know little about…
Descriptors: Social Work, School Social Workers, Public Policy, Disadvantaged Youth
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Whittlesey-Jerome, Wanda – School Social Work Journal, 2013
Today's school social workers are facing unique challenges in the workplace. The results of the 2009 New Mexico School Social Work Survey reinforced the idea that school social workers must be able to prove their effectiveness. Building on the school social work literature on practice outcomes evaluation, a more extensive statewide survey of…
Descriptors: Social Work, School Social Workers, Program Effectiveness, Data
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Patton, Joy D. – School Social Work Journal, 2011
This study examines the relationship between school violence and involvement of community organizations in school safety planning. The study is a secondary analysis of data from the School Survey on Crime and Safety 2003-2004 (U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, 2006). This survey collects data on crime and safety from…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Violence, Crime, School Safety
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Massat, Carol Rippey; McKay, Cassandra; Moses, Helene – School Social Work Journal, 2009
This article describes the use of an online survey tool called Survey Monkey, which can be used by school social workers and school social work educators for evaluation of practice, needs assessment, and program evaluation. Examples of questions are given. Principles of writing good survey questions are described. (Contains 2 tables and 1…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Needs Assessment, Primatology, School Social Workers
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Sweifach, Jay; LaPorte, Heidi Heft – School Social Work Journal, 2007
Estimates suggest that up to 25 percent of the 40,000 new cases of HIV that occur in the United States each year may involve individuals under the age of twenty-two. This calls into question whether preventive education does indeed accomplish its intended purpose. Although there has been a host of recent additions to the wealth of HIV/AIDS…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sex Education, Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases