On the intractability of the achievement gap in urban schools and the discursive practice of continuing racial discrimination

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 298-311

  English, Fenwick W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0036587712     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124502034003002     Document Type: Article

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