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Boyer, James B. – 1979
The challenge of educating learners from limited-income families, combined with the challenge of racial integration in the schools, is discussed in this essay. Some learning problems among impoverished children are attributed to segregation, prejudice, and the class-caste system. The inadequacies of segregated schools serving minority groups as…
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups