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This essay is one of several discussed at the Invitational Conference on Educating Children of the Poor: 1975–1985, held in Chicago last April. All conference papers and a digest of the discussion will be available this fall in a book published by the conference sponsors, Mediax Associates, Inc., Westport, Connecticut.
Vera John is professor of psychology and educational foundations at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
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John, V. The structure of failure I: An overview. Urban Rev 7, 207–214 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02222336
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