Educational inequity from the perspectives of those who live it: Urban middle school students' perspectives on the quality of their education

Urban Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-267

  Storz, Mark G ^a,b,c  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b John Carroll University ^*  (United States)

^c JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational equity; Urban education; Young adolescents

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049106395     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-008-0083-0     Document Type: Article

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