Do Black and Hispanic Children Benefit More From Preschool? Understanding Differences in Preschool Effects Across Racial Groups

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1828-1845

  Bassok, Daphna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAY CARE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78449277732     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01513.x     Document Type: Article

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