Framing African American students' success and failure in urban settings: A typology for change

Urban Education

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-153

  Lewis, Chance W ^a   James, Marlon ^a   Hancock, Stephen ^b   Hill Jackson, Valerie ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; African Americans; Black education; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449094592     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085907312315     Document Type: Article

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