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Educational Equality Is a Multifaceted Issue: Why We Must Understand the School’s Sociocultural Context for Student Achievement

Prudence L. Carter
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2016, 2 (5) 142-163; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.5.07
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