From "middle class" to "trailer trash:" teachers' perceptions of white students in a predominately minority school

Sociology of Education

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-121

  Morris, Edward W ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 20444499452     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003804070507800201     Document Type: Review

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