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Closing the Digital Divide: Update From the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study

Sharon Judge University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Kathleen Puckett Arizona State University, West
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Sherry Mee Bell University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Pages 52-60 | Published online: 07 Aug 2010

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