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This book chronicles a 10-year journey to develop and sustain Adelante, a university-school-community partnership designed specifically to address public educations failure to meet the needs of students of color, particularly Chicana/o students. The authors examine the persistent barriers, mistakes, challenges, and successes that emerged in their community-based partnership with elementary school students, college students, teachers, parents, and educational leaders. Intertwining critical race theories with Chicana feminist theories, they propose a critical race feminista praxis and provide real-world examples of what this praxis can look like in the context of a racialized, gendered, and colonial landscape. The book offers practical advice and theoretical insight to those interested in disrupting pervasive inequities that shape the (mis)education of marginalized students.
About the author
Dolores Delgado Bernal is professor of education and ethnic studies at the University of Utah.
Enrique Alemán, Jr., is professor and chair of educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Both are cofounders of the
Adelante Partnership.
Summary
Chronicles a 10-year journey to develop and sustain a university-school-community partnership designed to address public education's failure to meet the needs of students of colour, particularly Chicana/o students. The authors examine the barriers, mistakes, challenges, and successes that emerged in their community-based partnership.
