Academic underachievement and exclusion of people who have been looked after in local authority care

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-104

  Mallon, James ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84889469067     PISSN: 13596748     EISSN: 17475112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13596740500200194     Document Type: Article

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