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Warick, Carrie; Acevedo, Paula; Ciaramella, Allie – National College Access Network, 2017
Early awareness strategies, from outreach campaigns to cohort-based learning groups to scholarships, are a group of efforts that help middle school students stay on the path to college and understand how to fund their education. These strategies become part of early awareness programs, which seek to put students on a college-going path by…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, College Readiness, College Bound Students, Low Income Students
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Thompson, Aaron; Hollis, Steve; Herman, Keith C.; Reinke, Wendy M.; Hawley, Kristin; Magee, Shawndrea – School Psychology Review, 2020
Mental health (MH) stigma affects help seeking behaviors of youth, particularly youth of color. This article reports the impact of Look Around (LA), a social media campaign designed to reduce MH stigma and increase help seeking in 6th- to 12th-grade youth in one Midwestern county. The campaign utilized movie theater advertising, social media,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Help Seeking, Social Bias, Program Effectiveness
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Whalen, Laurel; Barcelona, Jeanne; Centeio, Erin; McCaughtry, Nathan – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2021
When COVID-19 shuttered Michigan schools, 52 elementary and middle schools statewide were in various stages of implementation of comprehensive health programs, including the integration of physical activity, physical education, and nutrition education. To support the transition to a virtual learning environment, "#HealthyKidsQuarantined"…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Physical Activities, Physical Education, Nutrition
Walker, Kristen L.; Kiesler, Tina; Malone, Summer – Online Submission, 2016
This project involved the development of a comprehensive and educational social marketing communications plan designed to help educate middle-school-aged youth about information use and abuse online. We achieved our goal of enhancing digital information literacy while developing critical thinking and creative communication skills for…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Privacy, Information Utilization, Internet
Phipps, Maurice, Ed.; Hayashi, Aya, Ed. – Wilderness Education Association, 2006
The Wilderness Education Association (WEA) helps people enjoy and protect our nation's most precious resource: Our wilderness areas. They have been training and certifying outdoor leaders around the world for nearly 30 years, teaching students safely and effectively to lead groups in the outdoors without harming the environment. In addition,…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Outdoor Leadership, Recreational Activities, Recreational Programs
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Black, Sarah – Teaching History, 2015
Sarah Black wanted to remedy Year 9's lack of knowledge about nineteenth-century politics. With just five lessons to work with, she decided to devise a sequence on Gladstone and Disraeli, shaping the sequence with an enquiry question that invited argument about change and continuity. Black analyses the status and function of different layers of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Political Campaigns, Political Affiliation, History Instruction