Reexamining social class differences in the availability and the educational utility of parental social capital

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 238-273

  Ream, Robert K ^a   Palardy, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle schools; Parental networks; Social capital; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149098565     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831207308643     Document Type: Article

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