In one large urban area, Chicago, for every 100 Black male high school freshman only 2.5% obtain a bachelor's degree by the time they are twenty-five years old (Jackson, 2006). For far too m...
A cross-sectional survey on sexual activity of out-of-school youth (15-24 years), and their knowledge and attitude towards STDs and HIV/AIDS was done in Awassa in June 1995. Most (94.4%) study subjects knew about HIV/AIDS, whereas, a lesser proportion of them knew the common STDs other...
This study is interested in what girls who are currently out of school want to do with their lives, and how they think education might support this (or not). As mentioned, what is distinct about the findings from this first phase is that they were generated in advance of the participating...
Regardless of a student's ethnicity or gender, dropping out of school is likely to have negative consequences for individuals throughout their lives. On average, high school dropouts are less likely to be employed than other adults. High school dropouts tend to have poorer mental and physical ...
These policies introduced a shift in the function of AET from providing opportunities for the acquisition of literacy, especially for ethnically marginalised adults, to offering a formal qualification and the opportunity for out-of-school youth to improve their work opportunities. This changed status ...
The results of an educational research project on a teaching and learning practice developed in the context of primary school teachers’ continuing education in which didactic-pedagogical practices of outdoor learning are given a main role are analysed.
In endeavouring to nourish the spiritual development of school children how can we hold in balance the power of the adult with the autonomy of the child? Godly Play is a model of Christian nurture developed by JeromeBerryman that attempts to be a non-coercive way to enable children to engage...
The protocols for all three cohorts and the present analysis were approved by the Institutional Review Boards at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Informed consent was implied by return of the baseline questionnaire (HPFS, NHS) or provided in writ...
1.1. Out-of-School-time programs Many out-of-school-time (OST) programs, defined as educational programs occurring out of school time, aim to provide disadvantaged, urban youth with safe and empowering learning environments to enhance academic success and personal development. OST programs can facil...
The remaining young adults are living alone, with other relatives, in college dorms, as roommates or under other circumstances. Jennifer Post, 26, has been living with her parents in Villas, New Jersey, since dropping out of law school two years ago. A law career wasn't a good fit for ...