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Teaching English to Disadvantaged High School Students.

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Zilliax, John – Minnesota English Journal, 1968

Removing a disadvantaged student from his environment and giving him the advantages of a middle-class education may be a mixed blessing for him educationally. Yet many compensatory summer programs, including Project ABC (A Better Chance) at Carleton College (Minnesota), appear to have caused no deleterious effects. The summer programs are intended…

Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Conformity, Descriptive Writing, Educationally Disadvantaged