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Farkas, George – 1996
An intervention designed to increase the reading skills, habits, and styles of low-performing elementary school students was implemented in the Dallas Independent School District (Texas). The issues surrounding implementation illustrate many of the problems of inner-city schooling and disadvantaged students and offer some solutions. The Reading…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Ethnicity
