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The Social and Developmental Ecology of Academic Inequity

This project involves a series of studies testing a model of the well-documented ethnic achievement gap between Black and Latino students on the one hand and White and Asian students on the other.

This project involves a series of studies testing a model of the well-documented ethnic achievement gap between Black and Latino students on the one hand and White and Asian students on the other.

About This Grant

Principal Investigator Clark McKown, Rush University Medical Center
Grant Period July 2005 – June 2010
Programs William T. Grant Scholars
Focus Areas Understanding Youth Social Settings
Topics Education
Grant Amount
$320,000.00

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