Teacher ethnicity and variation in context: The implications for classroom quality

Early Education and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 305-320

  Cassidy, Deborah J ^a   Lower, Joanna K ^a   Kintner, Victoria L ^a   Hestenes, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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EID: 68349117128     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409280802581268     Document Type: Article

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