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Download full textStickney, Benjamin D.; Fitzpatrick, Jody – 1987
In 1966, James Coleman's massive American schooling survey concluded that family background was principally associated with the existing inequities in cognitive achievement. Coleman's conclusion about schooling's minimal influence on academic performance violated an educational consciousness viewing school as the "great equalizer." Two…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Ott, J. S.; Langer, M. – 1987
The policy analysis examines application of permanency planning principles (services in family settings that provide continuity in relationships) to services for developmentally disabled children (through age 21) in Colorado. Section I provides an extensive description of permanency planning principles and a discussion of their theoretical and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Children, Developmental Disabilities
