FROM ISSUE NUMBER 15 - SPRING 1969 GO TO TABLE OF CONTENTS
Inducing Poor Children to Learn
DESPITE years of concern for improving educational systems in this country, actual achievements have been disappointing. This has been especially true in low-income areas of American cities. We have a high literacy rate, yet a significant segment of our population fails to obtain the skills that are necessary for employment in a technologically advanced economy. States have periodically increased their investment in education, yet there is still a widespread belief that our urban school systems are inadequate and deteriorating.
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