Another look at the achievement gap: Learning from the experiences of gifted black students

Urban Education

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 216-239

  Ford, Donna Y ^a   Grantham, Tarek C ^b   Whiting, Gilman W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement gap; African American students; Gifted education; Underrepresentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449136821     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085907312344     Document Type: Article

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