Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ505716
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-4985
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Educating Children in Residential and Foster Care.
Jackson, Sonia
Oxford Review of Education, v20 n3 p267-79 1994
Asserts that, among the many disadvantages suffered by children cared for by public agencies, low educational achievement has the most serious consequences for their future life chances. Reports that research findings on young people previously in care confirm that education is crucially important for the quality of their adult life. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Child Caregivers, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Foster Care, Foster Children, Government School Relationship, Group Homes, Low Achievement, Lower Class, Quality of Life, Residential Care, Residential Institutions, Social Workers, Special Needs Students
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Policymakers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
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