Increasing the number of minority teachers: Tapping the paraprofessional pool

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-103

  Dandy, Evelyn B ^a  

^a Armstrong Atlantic State University   (United States)

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EID: 22444456174     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124598031001007     Document Type: Article

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