Analyzing Poverty, Learning, and Teaching Through a Critical Race Theory Lens

Review of Research in Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-53

  Milner, H Richard ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.3102/0091732X12459720     Document Type: Article

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