The soft bigotry of low expenditures

Equity and Excellence in Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 242-248

  Welner, Kevin G ^a   Weitzman, Don Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33947283486     PISSN: 10665684     EISSN: 15473457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10665680591002614     Document Type: Article

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