Jewish ethnicity and educational opportunities in Israel: evidence from a curricular reform

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 567-588

  Feniger, Yariv ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

ethnic inequality; Israel; secondary education; tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929031408     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2012.759928     Document Type: Article

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