Gender and the effects of school, family, and church support on the academic achievement of African-American Urban Adolescents

Schooling Students Placed at Risk: Research, Policy, and Practice in the Education of Poor and Minority Adolescents

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 141-161

  Sanders, Mavis G ^a   Herting, Jerald R ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 85071809458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410605597-15     Document Type: Chapter

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