School segregation and the achievement gap between immigrant and native students: A comparative study of 18 countries

Sociological Theory and Methods

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-228

  Park, Hyunjoon ^a   Kyei, Pearl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national comparison; Educational achievement; Immigrant students; School segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952084031     PISSN: 09131442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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