Parental and school influences promoting academic success among Latino students

Handbook of Research on Schools, Schooling and Human Development

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 293-307

  Ceballo, Rosario ^a   Huerta, Marisela ^a   Epstein Ngo, Quyen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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