An exploratory study of the academic performance of foster children in a residential group home environment
The education of children who are looked after by local authorities is now rightly a national issue, and among the many disadvantages suffered by children looked after by local authorities, low educational achievement probably has the most serious consequences for their future life chances. This pap...
Main Author: | Mindingall, Kimberly R |
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Format: | Others |
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DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center
1997
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Online Access: | http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/3494 http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5017&context=dissertations |
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