Poverty, race, and the contexts of achievement: Examining educational experiences of children in the U.S. South

Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 309-319

  Fram, Maryah Stella ^a   Miller Cribbs, Julie E ^b   Van Horn, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational inequality; Race socioeconomic difference; Social justice; Southern schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849049294     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/52.4.309     Document Type: Article

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