Unproven links: Can poverty explain ethnic disproportionality in special education?

Journal of Special Education

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 130-144

  Skiba, Russell J ^a,b   Poloni Staudinger, Lori ^a   Simmons, Ada B ^a   Feggins Azziz, L Renae ^a   Chung, Choong Geun ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Evaluation and Education Policy   (United States)

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EID: 27744544515     PISSN: 00224669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00224669050390030101     Document Type: Article

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