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The Effects of Poverty on Teaching and Learning

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Websites:

 

www.ed.gov/pubs/FamInvolve/local5.html: Article entitled Bridging School-Family Differences, 1997. Retrieved July 18, 2001.

 

www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/atrisk/at700.htm: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory Website. Critical Issue: Rethinking Learning for Students at Risk. Retrieved July 20, 2001.

 

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