New destinations, new trajectories? the educational progress of hispanic youth in north carolina

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1608-1622

  Clotfelter, Charles T ^a   Ladd, Helen F ^a   Vigdor, Jacob L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NORTH CAROLINA; READING;

EID: 84866149122     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01797.x     Document Type: Article

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