Assessing neighborhood racial segregation and macroeconomic effects in the education of African Americans

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 527-575

  Johnson, Odis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Black education; poverty; race; urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650120870     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654310377210     Document Type: Article

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