LibGuides: UGS 303: Education and Black America / Foster: Find Peer Reviewed / Refereed Articles

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Main idea	Group impacted	How impact is measured	Geography
Hair	black or african american	academic achievement	US
clothing	high school	test scores	United States
dress codes	elementary school	GPA
uniforms	girls	graduation
	boys	discipline
	teen or teenager or adolescent	microaggressions

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