Learning through experience: What graduates gained by attending desegregated high schools

Equity and Excellence in Education

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-24

  Holme, Jennifer Jellison ^a   Wells, Amy Stuart ^b   Revilla, Anita Tijerina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 26444491098     PISSN: 10665684     EISSN: 15473457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10665680590907846     Document Type: Article

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