Coincidence or conspiracy? Whiteness, policy and the persistence of the Black/White achievement gap

Educational Review

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-248

  Gillborn, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement; Critical race theory (CRT); Inequality; Racism; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949152750     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131910802195745     Document Type: Article

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