Effects of teachers on minority and disadvantaged students' achievement in the early grades

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-113

  Konstantopoulos, Spyros ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 70349498780     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598845     Document Type: Article

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