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The lingering inequality issue

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Michael J. Vavrus is Director of Institutional Development at West Virginia State College and also teaches a workshop on Individualizing Instruction at West Virginia College of Graduate Studies, Institute, West Virginia.

The work reported herein was sponsored by the Institute for Research on Teaching, College of Education, Michigan State University. The Institute for Research on Teaching is funded primarily by the Teaching Division of the National Institute of Education, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The opinions expressed in this essay do not necessarily reflect the position, policy, or endorsement of the National Institute of Education. (Contract No. 400-76-0073).

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Vavrus, M.J. An essay review. Urban Rev 11, 45–52 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02048214

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