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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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Finn, Peter; McDevitt, Jack; Lassiter, William; Shively, Michael; Rich, Tom – US Department of Justice, 2005
There has been a growing interest in placing sworn law enforcement officers in schools as School Resource Officers (SROs) as a means of improving school safety and improving relations between police officers and youth. However, when this project began in May 2000, relatively little was known about SRO programs. The purpose of the National…
Descriptors: School Safety, Law Enforcement, Case Studies, Police
Finn, Peter; Shively, Michael; McDevitt, Jack; Lassiter, William; Rich, Tom – US Department of Justice, 2005
There has been growing interest in placing sworn law enforcement officers in schools as School Resource Officers (SROs) to improve school safety and improve relations between police officers and youth. The purpose of this National Assessment was to identify what program "models" have been implemented, how programs have been implemented, and what…
Descriptors: Police, Police School Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Recruitment
Esbensen, Finn-Aage – US Department of Justice, 2004
The Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) program differs from typical efforts to reduce gang involvement in that the G.R.E.A.T. program does not target at-risk youth but rather targets its classroom-based program at all middle school students. The three main objectives of the 9-hour curriculum taught by uniformed officers are to:…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Middle School Students, Student Behavior