Decreasing educational segregation in urban schools to reduce risks associated with poverty: Current reform needs

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-100

  Kovach, John A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Educational equity; Segregation; Structural change; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933476906     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v02n01_04     Document Type: Article

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