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School Environment and Education

Introductory Packet on Cultural Concerns in Addressing Barriers to Learning

Publisher: 
University of California, Los Angeles

The material provides perspectives and practices related to such matters as the following: 1. Why should school staff be concerned about cultural and racial differences? 2.

Safeguarding Our Children: An Action Guide: Implementing Early Warning, Timely Response

Publisher: 
U. S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice

This guide provides strategies for developing school safety plans designed to implement the recommendations of the 1998 publication Early Warning, Timely Response.

National Dropout Prevention Center/Network

Publisher: 
Clemson University

The mission of the National Dropout Prevention Center is to serve as a research center and resource network for practitioners, researchers, and policymakers to reshape school and community environm

Resource Mapping and Management to Address Barriers to Learning: An Intervention for Systemic Change

Publisher: 
University of California, Los Angeles

Provides schools with tools for mapping and managing existing resources (e.g., personnel, programs, services, facilities, budgeted dollars, social capital).

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS)

Publisher: 
U.S. Department of Education

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools' (OSDFS) mission is to create safe schools, respond to crises, drug abuse and violence prevention, ensure the health and well being of students and promote the development of good character and citizenship.

Measuring and Using Results

Publisher: 
The Finance Project

This Web page, geared toward out-of-school programs and school/community initiatives, consists of results-based decision-making resources, guides and tools for evaluation, and examples of local or

No Excuses: Lessons From 21 High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools

Publisher: 
The Heritage Foundation

This book profiles schools and administrators that have overcome obstacles to teaching low-income students. The book describes effective practices that have made the schools successful.

Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools

Publisher: 
American Institutes for Research

This guide was issued in response to shootings at school and is designed to present schools with information on early warning signs to help troubled children.

Federal Activities Addressing Violence in Schools

Publisher: 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This inventory of federal activities addressing violence in schools is designed to facilitate the coordination of federal school violence prevention activities and enhance collaboration on future p

Conflict Resolution Education: A Guide to Implementing Programs in Schools, Youth Serving Organizations, and Community and Juvenile Justice Settings

Publisher: 
U.S. Department of Education

This guide for educators, juvenile justice practitioners, and others in youth-serving organizations provides background information on conflict resolution education, an overview of four widely used