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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Bullying in Early Adolescence: The Role of the Peer Group
A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association demonstrated the seriousness of bullying in American...
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Student Dress Policies
In recent years, schools across the country have experienced violence, gang activity, and thefts of clothing and...
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How People Learn (and What Technology Might Have to Do With It)
At an educational conference last spring, I attended a session focused on the potential of instructional technology to...
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Perspectives on Charter Schools: A Review for Parents
In recent years, many parents, educators, students, researchers, and observers have reached the same conclusion:...
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Educating Children Who Are Deaf of Hard of Hearing: English-Based Sign Systems
Sign language as used by deaf adults may resemble English, or it may be American Sign Language (ASL), which has a...
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Educating Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Overview
When a child has a hearing loss during the developmental years, all areas of development can be affected significantly....
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Failure Syndrome Students
"Failure syndrome" is one of several terms that teachers commonly use (others include "low self-concept," "defeated,"...
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Easing the Teasing: How Parents Can Help Their Children
Children who are teased on a school bus, in class, or during recess often don't want to go to school. Unfortunately,...
Topics: Middle Years (5-9) | School Bullying Prevention -
The Nature of Children's Play
In play, children expand their understanding of themselves and others, their knowledge of the physical world, and their...
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Cluster Grouping of Gifted Students: How To Provide Full-Time Services on a Part-Time Budget
There is an alarming trend in many places to eliminate gifted education programs in the mistaken belief that all...
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