Black Male Perspectives on Their Educational Experiences in High School

Urban Education

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1055-1085

  Caton, Marcia Theresa ^a  

^a University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

black males subjects; discipline policies subjects; high school programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867975970     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085912454442     Document Type: Article

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