Latino Education Crisis - The Consequences of Failed Social Policies

Informationen zum Autor Patricia Gándara is Professor of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles. Frances Contreras is Associate Professor in the Department of Education Studies at the University of California, San Diego. Klappentext Drawing on both extensive demographic data and compelling case studies! this book reveals the depths of the educational crisis looming for Latino students! the nation's largest and most rapidly growing minority group. Zusammenfassung Drawing on both extensive demographic data and compelling case studies, this book reveals the depths of the educational crisis looming for Latino students, the nation’s largest and most rapidly growing minority group. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Introduction: A Call to Action * The Crisis and the Context * On Being Latino or Latina in America * American Schools and the Latino Student Experience * Is Language the Problem? * Inside the Lives of Puente Students * Beating the Odds and Going to College * The Costs and Effectiveness of Intervention *Rescatando Suenos--Rescuing Dreams * Acknowledgments * Appendix * Notes * References * Index

Product details

• Authors: Contreras Frances, Patricia Contreras Gandara, Patricia Gándara
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.04.2010
• EAN: 9780674047051
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04705-1
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; USA, Ethnic Studies, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, United States of America, USA, Teaching of a specific subject, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Multicultural education, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General