Brown plus 50 counter-storytelling: A critical race theory analysis of the “majoritarian achievement gap” story

Equity and Excellence in Education

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-246

  Love, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 26444504925     PISSN: 10665684     EISSN: 15473457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10665680490491597     Document Type: Article

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