The value of hard work: Lessons on parent involvement from an (Im)migrant household

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 416-437

  López, Gerardo R ^a  

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DOI: 10.17763/haer.71.3.43x7k542x023767u     Document Type: Article

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