The Geography of Inequality: Why Separate Means Unequal in American Public Schools

Sociology of Education

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-301

  Logan, John R ^a   Minca, Elisabeta ^a   Adar, Sinem ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

geography; Hispanic; inequality; Native American; performance; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862618008     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040711431588     Document Type: Article

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