A letter to our next president

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-239

  Ladson Billings, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement gap; Education debt; Educational equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449153891     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487108317466     Document Type: Article

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