Intergenerational Family Predictors of the Black-White Achievement Gap

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 867-878

  Mandara, Jelani ^a   Varner, Fatima ^a   Greene, Nereira ^a   Richman, Scott ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement gap; intergenerational; parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449473611     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016644     Document Type: Article

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