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Direct linkFrancois, Chantal – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Reading underachievement among adolescent students, particularly in urban areas, has been well documented in the literature. This reality points to two problems: Schools possess neither the capacity needed to prepare students for higher education and the workforce, nor the ability to help students view literacy as a tool for critical thinking,…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Urban Schools, Urban Youth, Adolescents
