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Other people's children : the battle for justice and equality in New Jersey's schools /

In 1981, when Raymond Abbott was a twelve-year-old sixth-grader in Camden, New Jersey, poor city school districts like his spent 25 percent less per student than the state?s wealthy suburbs did. That year, Abbott became the lead plaintiff in a landmark class-action lawsuit demanding that the state p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yaffe, Deborah, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rivergate Books, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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