Teaching low-income children to read at grade level

Contemporary Sociology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-62

  Farkas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 0034382161     PISSN: 00943061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2654931     Document Type: Article

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