The Impact of School Closures on Equity of Access in Chicago

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 53-80

  Lee, Jin ^a   Lubienski, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

access; equity; school closure; spatial equality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002425609     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: 15523535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124516630601     Document Type: Article

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