Creating schools where race does not predict acheivement: The role and significance of race in the racial achievement gap

Journal of Negro Education

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 90-103

  Noguera, Pedro A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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