Structural inequities and the achievement gap in urban schools

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-36

  Talbert Johnson, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement gap; Equitable practices; Transformative process

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644229469     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124504268454     Document Type: Review

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