Coleman revisited: School segregation, peers, and frog ponds

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 508-535

  Goldsmith, Pat Rubio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

class rank; educational attainment; frog pond effects; peer effects; school segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955829878     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831210392019     Document Type: Article

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