Immigrants and inequality in public schools

Whither Opportunity?: Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children's Life Chances

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 419-441

  Schwartz, Amy Ellen ^a,b   Stiefel, Leanna ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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