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Direct linkAlexander, Karl L.; Entwisle, Doris R.; Olson, Linda Steffel – New Directions for Youth Development, 2007
There is perhaps no more pressing issue in school policy today than the achievement gap across social lines. Achievement differences between well-to-do children and poor children and between disadvantaged racial and ethnic minorities and majority whites are large when children first begin school, and they increase over time. Despite years of study…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Intervention, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement
Thomas, Gail E., Ed. – 1981
The conditions and experiences of black students in higher education in the 1970s are addressed in 27 essays. The essays are categorized in terms of: history and profile; admissions and access; enrollment, academic experience, and career choice; black higher educational survival; recruitment and retention; and structural policies. Among the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Access to Education
