This school's gone downhill: Racial change and perceived school quality among whites

Social Problems

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-176

  Goyette, Kimberly A ^a   Farrie, Danielle ^b   Freely, Joshua ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Education Law Center   (France)

Author keywords

Education; Race ethnicity; Racial threat; School quality; Segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860685286     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2012.59.2.155     Document Type: Article

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