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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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Three Strikes and You're Out: Academic Failure and the Children of Public Housing.
Schmitz, Stephen
Journal of Education, v174 n3 p41-54 1992
Demonstrates how several factors interact to diminish the chances of academic success for the children of public housing, and suggests how these chances might be improved. A first step is renewed commitment to housing conditions. Reduction of class size is a strong option for increasing achievement for children. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Affirmative Action, Class Size, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change, Educational Discrimination, Educational Environment, Educationally Disadvantaged, Fear, High Risk Students, Poverty, Public Housing, Social Isolation, Urban Problems, Urban Youth, Welfare Services
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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