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Schools, today, are in the midst of the most major, costly educational reform movement in their history as they grapple with the federal mandates to leave no ch
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Overcoming the Odds looks closely at the lives of an ethnically diverse group of 505 men and women who were born in 1955 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai and who
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Supporting the Whole Child
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Changing the Odds for Vulnerable Children Building Opportunities and Resilience
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This report analyses the individual and environmental factors that contribute to child vulnerability. It calls on OECD countries to develop and implement cross-