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Informationen zum Autor By Rita and Marco Portales Klappentext As educators and legislators across the country debate how to improve public schools, the most vital factor often disappears from the equation-the relationship between the teacher and the student. According to veteran educators Rita and Marco Portales, this relationship is the central issue in the education of students, especially Latino/a students who often face serious barriers to school success because of the legacy of racism, insufficient English-language skills, and cultural differences with the educational establishment.To break down these barriers and help Latino/a students acquire a quality education, the Portaleses focus attention on the teacher-student relationship and offer a proven method that teachers can use to strengthen the print and oral skills of their students. They begin by analyzing the reasons why schools too often fail to educate Latino/a students, using eloquent comments from young Latinos/as and their parents to confirm how important the teacher-student relationship is to the student's success. Then they show how all educational stakeholders-teachers, administrators, state education agencies, legislators, and parents-can work together to facilitate the teacher-student relationship and improve student education. By demonstrating how teachers can improve students' reading, critical thinking, writing, and oral communication skills across the curriculum, they argue that learning can be made more relevant for students, keeping their interest levels high while preparing them for academically competitive colleges. Zusammenfassung A proven method for enhancing the teacher-student relationship and increasing student skills. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Education and Latino/a Students Today 1. Thinking about Our Spanish-speaking Students in the Schools2. Latino/a Students and the Schools We Could Create3. But Our Education Systems Are Distended4. Why Students Drop Out5. A Mexican American Mother Who Will Not Visit School6. The Tribal Mentality and Favoritism7. Crime and Properly Funded SchoolsPart II. How to Repair an Education System 8. Teachers, Administrators, Board Members, State Education Agencies, Legislators, and Taxpayers: Which Is the Most Important Group?9. The K-12 School District Team10. Teachers and Students in the Classroom11. Understanding and Educating All Students12. The Four K-16 CulturesPart III. A Print and Oral Approach 13. Emphasizing All Print and Oral Skills14. Blueprint for Reinstating Social Values and Civic Virtues15. A Print and Oral Approach That Champions the Importance of Clauses16. A Third Dimension to Words: Choreographing WritingConclusion17. Quality Education and the Teachers in the ClassroomNotesBibliography...
