Project Gutenberg 2011-08-15 Public domain in the USA. 152 United States. Department of Education Education, United States Department of United States. Dept. of Education What Works: Schools Without Drugs Produced by Curtis Weyant and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "What Works: Schools Without Drugs" by the United States Department of Education is a comprehensive guide on drug prevention in educational settings written in the mid-1980s. The publication addresses the pervasive issue of drug and alcohol abuse among school-age youth, providing practical strategies for parents, educators, and communities to foster drug-free environments in schools. It emphasizes the urgent need to educate children on the dangers of drugs and to establish policies that effectively eliminate drug presence on school campuses. The opening of the work outlines the alarming statistics of drug use among students, detailing how this issue spans various demographics and educational stages, even extending to elementary schools. It presents testimonials from educators and students alike, highlighting the detrimental effects of drug use on academic achievement and overall student well-being. The introduction sets the tone for the text by detailing the societal responsibility to protect children from drugs and asserting that collaboration among parents, schools, and communities is essential to create resilient, drug-free educational environments. Recommendations for preventative measures, monitoring drug use, and enforcing strict school policies against drug possession and use are presented as central themes to the book's purpose. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 55.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Youth -- Drug use -- United States Drug abuse -- Prevention -- Study and teaching -- United States HV Text Category: Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology Category: Teaching & Education 229353 2025-07-15T06:28:38.048032 text/html 217936 2021-01-08T01:37:22 text/html 216104 2025-07-15T06:28:45.819993 application/epub+zip 219811 2025-07-15T06:28:41.549033 application/epub+zip 134253 2025-07-15T06:28:40.274022 application/epub+zip 426613 2025-07-15T06:28:48.546966 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 411865 2025-07-15T06:28:44.985984 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252024 2022-09-17T05:05:23.162730 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 189634 2025-07-15T06:28:37.208042 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 189365 2021-01-08T01:37:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 189372 2021-01-08T01:37:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21669 2025-07-15T06:28:48.675974 application/rdf+xml 20110 2025-07-15T06:28:40.784998 image/jpeg 4848 2025-07-15T06:28:40.529014 image/jpeg 63658 2021-01-08T01:37:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 115341 2021-01-08T01:37:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 63631 2021-01-08T01:37:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 212592 2025-07-15T06:28:38.069042 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under United States. Office of Education