Burden of acting neither white nor black: Asian American identities and achievement in urban schools

Urban Review

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 335-352

  Lew, Jamie ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement gap; Acting white; Asian American; Korean American; Minority students; Peer networks; Race and ethnic identity; School achievement; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845525190     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-006-0040-8     Document Type: Article

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