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Differing Views of Equity: How Prospective Educators Perceive Their Role in Closing Achievement Gaps

Emily K. Penner, Jane Rochmes, Jing Liu, Sabrina M. Solanki, Susanna Loeb
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences March 2019, 5 (3) 103-127; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2019.5.3.06
Emily K. Penner
aAssistant professor of education at the University of California, Irvine
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Jane Rochmes
bAssistant professor of sociology at Christopher Newport University
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Jing Liu
cPostdoctoral research associate in the Annenberg Institute at Brown University
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Sabrina M. Solanki
dDoctoral candidate in the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine
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Susanna Loeb
eDirector of the Annenberg Institute and professor of education and international and public affairs at Brown University
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