The conundrum of school desegregation: Positive student outcomes and waning support

University of Pittsburgh Law Review

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-111

  Schofield, Janet Ward ^a   Hausmann, Leslie R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.5195/LAWREVIEW.2004.48     Document Type: Article

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