Tackling racial segregation one policy at a time: Why school desegregation only went so far1

Teachers College Record

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2141-2177

  Wells, Amy Stuart ^a,e   Holme, Jennifer Jellison ^b   Atanda, Awo Korantemaa ^c   Revilla, Anita Tijerina ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e Department of Sociology and Education ^*  (United States)

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EID: 27844462941     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9620.2005.00587.x     Document Type: Review

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