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| Educationally Disadvantaged | 1 |
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| Child Development | 1 |
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| Levenstein, Phyllis | 1 |
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Peer reviewedLevenstein, Phyllis – Child Development, 1989
Responds to Scarr and McCartney's (1988) Bermudian study. Cites recently published research to support a conclusion that poverty alone does not predict school disadvantage so much as poor parents frequently having low motivation and less than high school graduation. (RJC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Poverty, Preschool Children
