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Narrowing the achievement gap : perspectives and strategies for challenging times
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- Creator
- edited by Thomas B. Timar, Julie Maxwell-Jolly
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press, [2012]
- ©2012
- Physical Details
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- vi, 328 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781612501239, 1612501230, 9781612501246, 1612501249
- OCLC
- ocn773838187
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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