The tenuous role of institutional agents: Parent liaisons as cultural brokers

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-369

  Martinez Cosio, Maria ^a   Iannacone, Rosario Martinez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural brokers; Cultural capital; Latino immigrants; Parent involvement; Parent liaisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147223584     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124506298165     Document Type: Review

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