Diverse Schools in a Democratic Society: New Ways of Understanding How School Demographics Affect Civic and Political Learning

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 812-843

  Jacobsen, Rebecca ^a   Frankenberg, Erica ^b   Lenhoff, Sarah Winchell ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

civic and political engagement; diversity; high schools; social context; urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866558791     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831211430352     Document Type: Article

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