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The knowledge gap: Implications of leveling the playing field for low‐income and middle‐income children
dc.contributor.authorNeuman, Susan B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCelano, Donnaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-05T18:33:52Z
dc.date.available2011-12-05T18:33:52Z
dc.date.issued2006-04-06en_US
dc.identifier.citationNeuman, Susan B. ; Celano, Donna (2006). "The knowledge gap: Implications of leveling the playing field for lowâ income and middleâ income children." Reading Research Quarterly 41(2). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/88070>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0034-0553en_US
dc.identifier.issn1936-2722en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/88070
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.subject.otherTopicen_US
dc.subject.otherDigitalen_US
dc.subject.otherLibrariesen_US
dc.subject.otherFamilyen_US
dc.subject.otherSocioeconomicen_US
dc.subject.otherStrugglingen_US
dc.subject.otherGapen_US
dc.subject.otherFactorsen_US
dc.subject.otherMethodologyen_US
dc.subject.otherEthnographyen_US
dc.subject.otherMixeden_US
dc.subject.otherQualitativeen_US
dc.subject.otherLearneren_US
dc.subject.otherEarly Childhooden_US
dc.subject.otherChildhooden_US
dc.subject.otherEarly Adolescenceen_US
dc.subject.otherAdolescenceen_US
dc.subject.otherTypeen_US
dc.subject.otherArticleen_US
dc.titleThe knowledge gap: Implications of leveling the playing field for low‐income and middle‐income childrenen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEducationen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherChestnut Hill College Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/88070/1/RRQ.41.2.2.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1598/RRQ.41.2.2en_US
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