Diversifying the Teaching Force: An Examination of Major Arguments

Urban Review

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 175-192

  Villegas, Ana María ^a   Irvine, Jacqueline Jordan ^b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rationale; Research evidence; Teacher diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955052226     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-010-0150-1     Document Type: Article

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