Contemporary deficit thinking

The Evolution of Deficit Thinking: Educational Thought and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 160-210

  Valencia, Richard R ^a   Solorzano, Daniel G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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