Race and track location in U.S. public schools

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-187

  Lucas, Samuel R ^a   Berends, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desegregation: Discrimination; High school tracking; Racial inequality; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348872744     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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