Special education or racial segregation: Understanding variation in the representation of black students in educable mentally handicapped programs

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 575-605

  Eitle, Tamela McNulty ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

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EID: 0036769835     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2002.tb00067.x     Document Type: Review

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