Us Latinization - Education and the New Latino South

Demonstrates how educators and policymakers should treat the intertwined nature of immigrant education and social progress in order to improve current policies and practices.

About the author

Spencer Salas is Associate Professor of Middle, Secondary, and K-12 Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. At the University of Georgia, Pedro R. Portes is Professor and Goizueta Foundation Distinguished Chair in Latin Teacher Education and Executive Director of the Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education (CLASE). Together, they are the coeditors of Vygotsky in 21st Century Society: Advances in Cultural Historical Theory and Praxis with Non-Dominant Communities and U.S. Latinos and Education Policy: Research-based Directions for Change (with Patricia Baquedano-López and Paula J. Mellom).

Product details

• Authors: Spencer (EDT)/ Portes Salas
• Assisted by: Pedro R Portes (Editor), Pedro R. Portes (Editor), Spencer Salas (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9781438464992
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-6499-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system