Social inequality in education: A constraint on an American high-skills future

Curriculum Inquiry

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-349

  Lewis, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 36749091201     PISSN: 03626784     EISSN: 1467873X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-873X.2007.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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