K-12 race-conscious student assignment policies: Law, social science, and diversity

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 349-382

  Welner, Kevin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Equal protection; Integration; Race; Segregation; Student assignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749545348     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00346543076003349     Document Type: Article

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