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Peer reviewedHenderson, Stephen A.; Royster, Wimberly C. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2000
This rebuttal provides a more complete description of the Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative than the previous article, describes the Program Improvement Review process in more detail and outlines its role in the overall project, and provides data that supports the program's overall effectiveness. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Low Income Groups, Mathematics Achievement
Download full textLevy, Frank S.; Michel, Richard C. – 1985
Charles Murray's book, "Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980," proposes the abolition of benefit programs for all working-aged persons for the following reasons: (1) it is logically impossible for the government to aid the poor by creating incentives for people to become poor; (2) since the mid-1960s the United States has so…
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Blacks, Conservatism, Demography
Peer reviewedYoung Children, 1993
Reviews "Fair Start for Children," (Mary Larner and others), book summarizing efforts and effects of seven projects funded by the Ford Foundation in diverse communities in the United States during the early 1980s. The projects, part of the Child Survival/Fair Start network, addressed issues related to infant health among low-income…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Birth, Book Reviews, Child Health
