Inner-City African American parental involvement in elementary schools: Getting beyond urban legends of apathy

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Abdul Adil, Jaleel K ^a,c   Farmer Jr , Alvin David ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UIC   (United States)

^d UIC   (United States)

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EID: 33646506408     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: 10453830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/scpq.2006.21.1.1     Document Type: Article

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