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Direct linkLoughrey, Dolores; Woods, Caroline – Support for Learning, 2010
This article suggests that child poverty and unequal educational opportunity are inextricably linked. It is argued that even from an early age children from poorer backgrounds are disadvantaged in terms of their preparedness to thrive in the formal school environment. Educational achievement is strongly influenced by attitudes and much research…
Descriptors: Imagination, Equal Education, Poverty, Disadvantaged
