Barriers to integration in the Mississippi Delta: Could charter schools be the new vehicle for desegregation?

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-30

  Eckes, Suzanne E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 43249153477     PISSN: 15297489     EISSN: 15302415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2006.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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