Combating Inequalities in Two-Way Language Immersion Programs: Toward Critical Consciousness in Bilingual Education Spaces

Review of Research in Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 403-427

  Cervantes Soon, Claudia G ^a   Dorner, Lisa ^b   Palmer, Deborah ^c   Heiman, Dan ^a   Schwerdtfeger, Rebecca ^b   Choi, Jinmyung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 85021294648     PISSN: 0091732X     EISSN: 19351038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0091732X17690120     Document Type: Article

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