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I have a desire to finally "get my education". The "school of experience and hard knocks" teaches very well but unfortunately the pay is lacking. Is anyone currently taking online college courses? I want to go eventually to at least a BS with focus on information technology. The future growth for this type of thing is considered very high. Then, if I get that I may decided to go for a masters or even a doctorate depending on situations. I don't want an unknown or unaccredited ...
Parent-Child Negotiations
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I'd like to expand a little on the issue of parents and children trying to negotiate mutually satisfactory solutions to problems. For truly fair negotiations to take place, three things must be true. First, both parties must be able to negotiate from positions of reasonable strength. Second, it must be accepted that there are some absolutes that are not part of the negotiation process. And third, the parties negotiating must not use extraneous issues to threaten each other. In regard to the firs ...
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High- Risk Youth & Public Safety - Educational Options (CA Dept of The High-Risk Youth Education and Public Safety Program provides after-school programming for students who have been incarcerated or are first-time offenders. The Transitioning High-Risk Youth Program served youths who have had a commitment to a youth facility for six months or more and have served at least 90 days of incarceration. The First-Time Offender Program served youths fifteen years of age or younger, who have been placed on probation for their first offense. The use of the funds for this program is now at the discretion of the administration in each county office of education and school district that receives ...
AYPF Program Area - At- Risk, Dropout & Disconnected Youth, Alternative Federal, State, and Local Roles Supporting Alternative Education This white paper examines the roles that various levels of government play through legislation, policy, and other initiatives that support quality alternative education programs to reconnect youth to education and the workplace. It raises issues for policymakers at all levels to consider in facilitating the development of expanded alternative education pathways, which reduce the number of students dropping out of school and provide well-lit reentry points for those who leave school before obtaining a diploma.
Whatever It Takes: How Twelve Communities Are Reconnecting Out-of-School Youth This report documents what committed educators, policymakers, and community leaders across the country are doing to reconnect out-of-school youth to the social and economic mainstream. It provides background on the serious high school dropout problem and describes in-depth what twelve communities are doing to reconnect dropouts to education and employment training. It also includes descriptions of major national program models serving out-of-school youth.
Residential Education as an Option for At-Risk Youth. Residential treatment centers have always steered a course between bureaucracy and anarchy. The conventional professional wisdom in the United States holds that residential group care programs for children and youth are intrinsically flawed. This volume seeks to remedy this perception by making a case for the adoption of Israeli and European practices in such residences. The book opens with a report on residential programs in Israel and draws comparisons with their European counterparts. The comparisons are then followed by practical approaches to the enhancement of such programs ...
IALA: Options for At- risk Youth Another report from the same source, Whatever it Takes: How 12 Communities are Reconnecting Out-of-School Youth describes specific successful local programs and a number of national programs.These reports, available online, describe each of these factors with examples, recommendations, glossary and excellent references and resources. Well-written and useful pieces of work with powerful implications for all of education when we are losing a dropout every 9 seconds!
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Tucson has a gang problem. And most residents aren't doing anything about it. There were 21 gang-related homicides in 2006, up from 10 in 2005. Over the last five years, the city has averaged around eight gang-related killings per year. Not only are homicides increasing, but reported gang-related aggravated assaults are up almost 20 percent since 2005. Growing up in the Foothills sheltered me from the risks that the city did, and still does, hold. Fortunately (or rather, unfortunately) I could no longer turn a blind eye to the gang problem in Tucson when ...
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Strengthening Policies and Practices for Out-of-School Youth This grant increase will enable the National Youth Employment Coalition to extend its work on identifying and developing policies and practices that support education options for students who have dropped out or are at risk of dropping out of school. Through this project, the National Youth Employment Coalition has worked with states and local communities to link their education reform efforts with strategies that integrate the needs of out-of-school youth. With this grant increase, the National Youth Employment Coalition will build on its state-level ...
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