Raising the Educational Achievement of Secondary School Students - Volume 2 Profiles of Promising Practices - 1995
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Appendix B
Selected Organizations Offering Information and Services for the Education of At-Risk Secondary School Students
I. National Research Centers
Center for Early Adolescence
The programs at the Center for Early Adolescence include major initiatives in adolescent literacy, urban middle-grade reform, the preparation of middle-grade teachers, promotion of adolescent health, community collaborations for youth, and leadership development for young workers.
Contact:
- Center for Early Adolescence
School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
D-2 Carr Mill Town Center
Carrboro, NC 27510
(919) 966-1148
Center for Research on Effective Schooling for Disadvantaged Students
Contact:
- The Johns Hopkins University
3505 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410) 516-8800
Center for Research on the Context of Secondary Teaching
The Center for Research on the Context of Secondary Teaching performs bottom-up, teacher-centered research on how contextual conditions affect teaching and learning.
Contact:
- Joan Talbert and Milbrey McLaughlin, co-directors
Center for Research on the Context of Secondary Teaching
School of Education
CERAS Building
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-3084 (415) 723-4972
Center on Organization and Restructuring Schools
The Center on Organization and Restructuring Schools studies organizational features of schools that increase students' intellectual and social competence. This center continues the work of the National Center on Effective Secondary Schools, which conducted research on how high schools use their resources to enhance student achievement through enhanced student engagement. The Center has a clearinghouse that contains references and research syntheses on a variety of topics relevant to secondary schools.
Contact:
- Fred M. Newmann, Director
Center on Organization and Restructuring Schools
University of Wisconsin
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-7575
National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE)
The National Center for Research in Vocational Education performs research and service with the goal of increasing access to economically rewarding and personally fulfilling work. NCRVE focuses on efforts to increase academic content in vocational curriculum.
Contact:
- Charles Benson, Director
National Center for Research in Vocational Education
Graduate School of Education
University of California at Berkeley
1995 University Avenue, Suite 375
Berkeley, CA 94704-1058
(800) 762-4093
II. Other National and Regional Organizations
Boys and Girls Clubs of America
The Boys and Girls Clubs of America is a federation of local, autonomous clubs. These programs offer activities in citizenship and leadership development, cultural enrichment, social recreation, and personal educational development. There are approximately 175 clubs located in public housing projects.
Contact:
- Thomas G. Garth
President
Boys and Girls Clubs of America
771 First Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(212) 351-5900
Cities in Schools, Inc. (CIS)
Cities in Schools works at the community and school level to create caring relationships between adults and at-risk youth. CIS has public/private partnerships, coordinates resources, and offers social service workers' services to needy children at the school level.
Contact:
- Walter J. Leonard, National Executive Director
Cities in Schools, Inc.
1199 N. Fairfax Street, Suite 300
Alexandria, VA 22314-1436
(703) 519-8999
The Comer Process
The Comer Process emphasizes the social context of teaching and learning and encourages collaboration between teachers, parents, administrators, and support staff to develop a comprehensive school plan. The model focuses largely on mental health, governance and management, and parental involvement.
Contact:
- Dr. James Comer
Yale Child Study Center School Development Program
Post Office Box 3333
New Haven, CT 06510
(203) 432-9881
High Schools That Work
The SREB-State Vocational Education Consortium is a network of High Schools That Work, a program to increase general and vocational students' mathematics, science, and communication achievement and to integrate college preparatory subject content into vocational studies.
Contact:
- Jim Clark, HSTW Assistant Director for Work-based Learning
Southern Regional Education Board
592 Tenth Street, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30318-5790
(404) 875-9211
Junior Achievement
Junior Achievement, a nonprofit organization franchised across the United States, helps youths gain economic and business education. Junior Achievement offers a variety of programs, including Applied Economics, the Economics of Staying in School, and Business Basics. Each program is evaluated independently every three years.
Contact:
- Junior Achievement
One Education Way
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
(719) 540-8000
MDC, Inc.
Founded in 1967, MDC, Inc., is a private, nonprofit corporation that develops workforce and economic development programs and policies in the South. The organization focuses on a number of issues, including education.
Contact:
- MDC, Inc.
1717 Legion Road
Post Office Box 2226
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
(919) 968-4531
Paideia Project
The goal of the Paideia Project, facilitated by the National Paideia Center, is to provide all students with a rigorous liberal arts education that will enable them to have the skills necessary to succeed in life. Through learning, coaching, and in-depth exploration, students in hundreds of public schools across the country are taught through all or part of the Paideia method.
Contact:
- Buzz Nembirkow, Executive Director
National Paideia Center
Campus Box 8045
School of Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8045
(919) 962-7379
III. Other Resources
American Vocational Association
1410 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(800) 826-9972
Education Commission of the States (ECS)
1860 Lincoln Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80295
(303) 299-3600
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC)
Judith M. Gueron, President
3 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(212) 532-3200
National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
Gwendolyn Cooke, Director of Urban Services
1904 Association Drive
Reston, VA 22091-1537
(703) 860-0200
National Dropout Prevention Center
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-5111
(800) 443-6392
United States Basic Skills Investment Corporation
1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 400
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 684-1265
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