Educational aspirations in inner city schools

Educational Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 249-267

  Strand, Steve ^a   Winston, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement; Attainment; Attitudes; Educational aspirations; Ethnic group; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949111259     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690802034021     Document Type: Article

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