The Upside to One Urban District’s School Closings: African Americans Achieve in Income Balanced Schools

Vanessa Garry; Susan Uchitelle

doi:10.1177/0013124518819758

The Upside to One Urban District’s School Closings: African Americans Achieve in Income Balanced Schools

Vanessa Garry
, Susan Uchitelle

University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Original language	American English
Journal	Education and Urban Society
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0013124518819758
State	Published - Jan 2 2019

Keywords

urban education
educational leaders
school reform

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Education

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