Where We Live: The Unexpected Influence of Urban Neighborhoods on the Academic Performance of African American Adolescents

Youth and Society

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 307-328

  Francois, Samantha ^a   Overstreet, Stacy ^b   Cunningham, Michael ^b  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic resilience; adolescence; neighborhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865293019     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X11399109     Document Type: Article

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