Mitigating Milliken? School district boundary lines and desegregation policy in four southern metropolitan areas, 1990-2010

American Journal of Education

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 391-433

  Siegel Hawley, Genevieve ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84898849049     PISSN: 01956744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675570     Document Type: Article

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