Early Childhood Education: A Meta-Analytic Affirmation of the Short- and Long-Term Benefits of Educational Opportunity

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-30

  Gorey, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

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EID: 0035587973     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/scpq.16.1.9.19163     Document Type: Article

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