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ERIC Number: EJ347896
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Education and Poverty: The 1985 SERA Lecture.
Gatherer, W. A.
Scottish Educational Review, v18 n1 p5-14 May 1986
Discusses education's role in countering effects of poverty. Reviews successful and unsuccessful compensatory education programs in Great Britain. Emphasizes importance of educational research contributions and faults economic and political biases for reductions in programs serving disadvantaged children. Describes successful compensatory programs in Scottish schools. (LFL)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Principles, Educational Research, Educational Responsibility, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Poverty, Role of Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Great Britain; Scotland