Brown Fades: The End of Court-Ordered School Desegregation and the Resegregation of American Public Schools

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 876-904

  Reardon, Sean F ^a   Grewal, Elena Tej ^a   Kalogrides, Demetra ^a   Greenberg, Erica ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84866161438     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.21649     Document Type: Article

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