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The Plight of Invisibility offers unique contributions that inform the use of a community-based research approach that examines educational issues identified by urban, Latina/o communities. It offers a new lens from which to understand the circumstances of Latina/o students in schools as they navigate in social systems that are in opposition to them, thus rendering Latina/o students and their families invisible. Despite these challenges, the book offers examples of community programs and resources that support and address the needs of Latina/o students as they build resiliency and determination to persist. Community organizations and advocates, educational researchers, practitioners, students, and policymakers will find The Plight of Invisibility useful to reframe deficit discourses about Latina/o students and their families. In addition, the book is appropriate for classes including methodology courses focused on community-based research, educational policy and/or college access courses, and Latina/o studies courses.
List of contents
Contents: Donna Marie Harris/Judy Marquez Kiyama: Study Background and Book Overview - Nancy Ares/Hilda Rosario Escher: Estámos Aquí! A Historical Context for the Plight of Invisibility - Judy Marquez Kiyama/Donna Marie Harris: A Community-Based Approach: Review of Community Context, Frameworks, and Methods - Donna Marie Harris/Judy Marquez Kiyama: School Policies as Barriers for Latina/o Student Persistence - Sandra Quiñones: Garnering Resilience: Latina/o Education as a Family, School, and Community Affair - Donna Marie Harris/Judy Marquez Kiyama: The Role of School- and Community-Based Programs in Aiding Latina/o High School Persistence - Judy Marquez Kiyama/Amalia Dache-Gerbino/Vicki T. Sapp: When Violence Interferes with Educational Opportunity: Latinas' Narratives of Resistance and Agency - Donna Marie Harris/Thomas Noel Jr.: Advanced Placement and College Readiness: An Examination of AP Course Availability and Enrollment Between Urban and Suburban Schools in Western New York - Judy Marquez Kiyama/Donna Marie Harris: Moving Forward: Recommendations, Action Items, and Areas of Focus - Bolgen Vargas: A Superintendent's Response: The Latina/o Potential Yet to be Realized - Judy Marquez Kiyama/Donna Marie Harris: Implications for Practice and Policy: High School Persistence and College Access - Donna Marie Harris/Judy Marquez Kiyama: Conclusion, Resources, and Best Practices.
About the author
Donna Marie Harris is an independent consultant to school districts and non-profit organizations. She has published articles in Educational Policy and Education and Urban Society. Harris received her PhD in educational policy studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Judy Marquez Kiyama is an assistant professor of higher education at the University of Denver. Kiyama has published articles in the American Educational Research Journal and the Journal of Higher Education.
Kiyama received her PhD in higher education from the University of Arizona.
Summary
The Plight of Invisibility offers unique contributions that inform the use of a community-based research approach that examines educational issues identified by urban, Latina/o communities.
