Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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ERIC - the Education Resources Information Center - is an online digital library of education research and information. ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research.
The ERIC mission is to provide a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information that also meets the requirements of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002.
Articles by Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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Alternative School Settings
For some students, an alternative school program is the right choice. Students who are unmotivated or have been labeled...
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Parenting and Career Development
The family is a place in which children learn to interpret reality (Way and Rossmann 1996b). Parents serve as...
Topics: Parenting -
Promoting Physical Activity and Exercise among Children
Physical inactivity has become a serious problem in the United States. More than half of U.S. adults do not meet...
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National Standards for Physical Education
Physical education is an integral part of the total education of the child and virtually every state, district, and...
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Supporting Girls in Early Adolescence
Results of national studies suggest that for girls, the middle grades can be a time of significant decline in...
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Child Sexual Abuse: What It Is and How to Prevent It
Sexual abuse of children is a grim fact of life in our society. It is more common than most people realize. Some surveys...
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Fostering Second Language Development in Young Children
As the number of linguistically and culturally diverse students entering American schools increases, more and more...
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Readiness: Children and Schools
Concern for the readiness of America's children to profit from school experience was expressed by the President of the...
Topics: Kindergarten Readiness | Early Years (Birth-5) -
Teaching Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom
Recognizing and nurturing giftedness in young children presents an important challenge to educators. Schools need to...
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Know Your Legal Rights in Gifted Education
Gifted preschool, elementary, and secondary school children have very limited protections under state and federal laws....
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