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Coca, Vanessa – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2014
Over the past 15 years, in New York City and across the country, expectations for high schools--and high school students--have changed dramatically. Increasingly, high schools are being asked not only to reduce dropout rates and boost graduation rates, but also to impart knowledge, skills, and experiences that will prepare students to succeed in…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Enrollment Trends, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education
Coca, Vanessa – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2014
Over the past 15 years, in New York City and across the country, expectations for high schools--and high school students--have changed dramatically. Increasingly, high schools are being asked not only to reduce dropout rates and boost graduation rates, but also to impart knowledge, skills, and experiences that will prepare students to succeed in…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Enrollment Trends, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education
Coca, Vanessa – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2014
Over the past 15 years, in New York City and across the country, expectations for high schools--and high school students--have changed dramatically. Increasingly, high schools are being asked not only to reduce dropout rates and boost graduation rates, but also to impart knowledge, skills, and experiences that will prepare students to succeed in…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Enrollment Trends, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education
Miller, Rosalind; Russell, Ralph – 1985
Academic librarians report that use by increasingly large numbers of high school students is creating pressures in budgets, staff, and materials. Indications are that these demands will increase: students are increasingly sophisticated in their information needs; they are mobile; and school library media centers' collections have been weakened by…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, High School Students, Higher Education, Information Needs
Tokarz, Edward, Jr.; Sullivan, Richard D. – 1989
Students-Teach-Students is a program that trains teams of high school students to present a smoking education program and role-model to fifth graders, helping them to overcome peer pressure to smoke cigarettes and marijuana. Surveys show that a significant percentage of students first begin to experiment with smoking cigarettes and marijuana…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Guides, Drug Use, Grade 5
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Wilson, Joan – English Journal, 1982
Describes a high school course entitled "Developmental/Speed Reading" and the positive effects of having a wide range of reading levels produce peer pressure toward reading improvement. (RL)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Course Organization
Tierney, William G., Ed.; Colyar, Julia E., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2006
This book documents a year in the life of five adolescents preparing for college. The text examines the different pathways that brought these students to where they are: living in poverty, attending overcrowded schools, and the pressure to be the first in their families to attend college are just a few of the challenges these students must battle…
Descriptors: High School Students, Access to Education, Student Characteristics, Higher Education
Deighan, William P., Comp.; And Others – 1986
Materials useful in drug and alcohol abuse prevention programs directed towards high school athletes are contained in this document. Nine topic areas are covered: (1) effects of athletics on young people, such as pressure to win; (2) reasons athletes use drugs and alcohol, including coping with stress and feeling good; (3) enabling behaviors of…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Athletes, Athletic Coaches, Drug Abuse
Thornton, Miguel E.; And Others – 1993
This manual is for the Students Educating Each Other about Discrimination (SEED) program and describes its philosophy and curriculum. This curriculum was approved by the Ann Arbor (Michigan) Public Schools School Board. SEED tries to eliminate most forms of discrimination through a program in which high school students encourage sixth graders to…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Curriculum, Definitions, Elementary School Students
Mazzuca, Lois C. – 1982
The transition process from high school to college is considered from the perspective of a high school practitioner. Educational, social/personal, and financial factors that influence student planning are discussed. It is suggested that the secondary school must begin as early as the freshman year to help plan the curriculum the student will…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Admissions Counseling, Articulation (Education), Career Planning
Lesnick, Henry – 1995
This curriculum offers lesson plans for 5 hours of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) education instruction for high school and young adult students of English-as-a-Second Language (ESL). It helps students develop English language skills while it helps them understand the AIDS risk factors. The curriculum is designed to help cope with the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, English (Second Language), Health Services, High School Students
Kuhn, Margaret E.; And Others – 1983
Presented are two documents focusing on a peer leadership training program which pairs better students and leaders with younger high-risk students. One document briefly describes the peer leadership training program as a program in which students traveled to an environmental education center for 3 days of competitive and challenging activities,…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, High School Students, High Schools, Leadership Training
Maehr, Martin L.; Fyans, Leslie J., Jr. – 1990
After defining school culture in terms of Organizational Culture, after Maehr and Braskamp (1986), this document presents three related studies, each based on data from a 1989 statewide assessment effort by the University of Illinois and the Illinois State Board of Education. The studies explore the relationship between school culture, motivation,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, High School Students, High Schools
Cohen, Julius – 1987
The extent and degree of student alcohol and drug involvement--and possible factors relating to the involvement--were examined in a study of 1,503 Nebraska high school students in 6 small rural schools and in 1 larger school (949 students) located in a medium-sized trade center. The survey was undertaken as a needs assessment in preparation for a…
Descriptors: Anger, Antisocial Behavior, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
Giarratano, Susan – 1991
This module includes six lessons which focus on issues related to body image and self-esteem, eating disorders, and sensible eating habits for adolescents in grades 9-12. In lesson 1, students examine influences on body image, assess their personal traits, and trade assessments with their peers. In lesson 2, students look at pressure and…
Descriptors: Anorexia Nervosa, Body Image, Body Weight, Bulimia