Educating young people in care: What have we learned?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1171-1175

  Berridge, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attainment gap; Child welfare; Children in care; Education; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859935318     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.01.032     Document Type: Article

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