The black-white achievement gap, family-school links, and the importance of place

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-186

  Roscigno, Vincent J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.1999.tb00498.x     Document Type: Article

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