Research Article
Equity and Empathy: Toward Racial and Educational Achievement in the Obama Era
Prudence Carter
Harvard Educational Review July 2009, 79 (2) 287-297; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.79.2.l18t23kj16317x0k
Prudence Carter
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Stanford University

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