The power of context: State-level policies and politics and the educational performance of the children of immigrants in the United States

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 407-437

  Filindra, Alexandra ^a   Blanding, David ^a   Coll, Cynthia Garcia ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80053422159     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.81.3.n306607254h11281     Document Type: Article

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