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link about affects of nicotine and teens

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link about affects of nicotine and teens

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https://www.1800runaway.org/resources-links/

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https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-dropping-out

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https://www.childtrends.org/indicators/teen-homicide-suicide-and-firearm-deaths/

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The Outsiders (By S.E. Hinton) Book Summary

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A school project on this amazing book, The Outsiders!

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In this video S.E Hinton explains how she writes  

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S.E. Hinton LA Times Festival of Books 04/26/09

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S.E Hinton Panel with Jane Smiley at the LA Times Festival of Books. Discussing her creative process, new books, and the Outsiders

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A video describing what high school teens where like in the 1950s

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A video describing what high school teens where like in the 1950s

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The church that PonyBoy and Johnny run away to

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The church that PonyBoy and Johnny run away to

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A drive in movie, this is an important scene 

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A drive in movie, this is an important scene 

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greaser and a cigarette, this is what the main character is  

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greaser and a cigarette, this is what the main character is  

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Ursula Sunshine Child Abuse Prevention Inc.

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House Child Abuse and Neglect Select Committee

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Lake County Child Abuse Prevention Project

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Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services

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Ines Davis Parrish of The Sentinel Staff

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New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty

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National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect

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Abusive Parents News. Find breaking news, commentary, and archival information about Abusive Parents From The tribunedigital-orlandosentinel

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Article about gang violence in highschool

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Article about gang violence in highschool

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Gang violence in high school is a problem that almost all communities face. Many teenagers who do not have a good home life and feel unaccepted or want to have a "family" will turn to gangs. Teens who have friends who are in gangs are also likely to join a gang due to peer pressure. Gang activity and violence is something that can be hard to prevent once teens are in the gang, especially in bigger cities. According to the annual National Youth Gang Survey, programs to help kids that are at risk can greatly reduce the amount of teens who get involved with gangs.

The causes of gang violence in schools, and in cities in general, can vary greatly. Many adolescents who do not feel that they have any type of family at home will turn to gangs. To be accepted into the gang, teens often have to commit some sort of crime or go through hazing. Hazing is usually considered forcing a new member of a group, such as a fraternity, sorority, or a gang, to perform an embarrassing or illegal act to be accepted into the group. Hazing is often found in high schools, colleges, and gangs, and it can become cruel. Many schools have strict policies about the hazing of underclassmen by the school's upper classmen. Some hazing rituals involve harassing members of other gangs, and gang violence in high school can result because of retaliation to hazing. Other reasons for gang violence are as follows:

The use and sale of drugs

Alcohol and underage drinking

Disputes over gang "territory" (often parts of a neighborhood or certain areas of a school)

Gang rivalries

Fights among members of the same gang or of other gangs

Causes for acts of violence among individuals are much more complex. Usually, teens from a bad home life or with psychological problems will turn to violence to solve their issues with peers as well as with their families.

If you are looking for statistics on gang violence in high school, then the Internet is a good place to start. Using search engines like Google.com and Yahoo.com allows you to find websites with useful information. There are also many books at your local library, but they may be a bit outdated if you are looking for the most recent statistics.

According to UrbanMinistry.org, every city with a population that numbered over 250,000 people reported some sort of gang activity in the year 2001, and 59 percent of the homicides in Los Angeles that same year were due to gang violence. The reasons for this amount of violence can be seen in the childhoods of the gang members committing the crimes: At-risk.org reports that 50 percent of men who are abusive toward their spouses will end up being abusive to their children as well. Teens who have grown up in a violent home are often much more violent than teens who have not.

Preventing Gang Involvement

While the statistics of teen violence are alarming, there is much that can be done to prevent it. Programs to help at-risk kids, such as the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, can help to prevent violence when the kids get older, as well as help to keep them in school. Parents who refuse to tolerate any type of violence can help prevent it as well, and making sure to keep an eye on teens who seem like their behavior has changed drastically can make possible teen violence or gang activity preventable.

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Gang violence in high school is a problem that almost all communities face. Many teenagers who do not have a good home life and feel unaccepted or want to have a "family" will turn to gangs. Teens who have friends who are in gangs are also likely to join a gang due to peer pressure.

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Article about the difference between poor and rich kids in school

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Article about the difference between poor and rich kids in school

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Focusing on the "word gap" further perpetuates these problematic learning opportunities and deprives children of the types of learning experiences required to develop a range of sophisticated capabilities.

I believe that most parents, regardless of circumstance, would also agree that it is important to engage in conversation with their young children. However, early conversations and exposure to words will not determine whether a child does well in school. Furthermore, poverty is not an indication that parents are not speaking to their young children.

The academic disparity between young children in poverty and children from wealthier families is not a result of what their parents can offer. It is a result of the different types of learning experiences they are afforded at school.

In other words, it is not the "word gap" but the opportunity gap that is the problem.

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Why Do Rich Kids Do Better Than Poor Kids in School? It's Not the "Word Gap."

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Why do rich kids end up doing better than poor kids in school? Of late, one common explanation for this has been the "word gap," or the idea that poor children are exposed to significantly fewer words by age three than their wealthier peers.As a former elementary school teacher and now educational psychologist, I understand the appeal of the "word gap" argument.