But Good Intentions are Not Enough: Preparing Teachers to Center Race and Poverty

Urban Review

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 341-363

  Milner, H Richard ^a   Laughter, Judson C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Policy; Poverty; Practice; Race; Student learning; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939888182     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-014-0295-4     Document Type: Article

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