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Improving Schools for Latinos - Creating Better Learning Environments

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor By Leonard A. Valverde Klappentext In this book, author Leonard Valverde contends that it is imperative to reinvent schools in order to provide a viable education for these students. Improving Schools for Latinos starts with the past, points out the present, and speaks to the future. It exposes the negative mental models and practices that must be discarded and proposes what favorable elements need to be put into place. Helpful resources for program assistance, community-based organizations, and funding sources are included. Zusammenfassung Due to multiple unfavorable circumstances! public schools have been unable to educate America's most disadvantaged student population - the Latinos. This book contends that it is imperative to reinvent schools in order to provide a viable education for these students. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Why We Must Start Now to Create New Schools for Mexican Latinos Chapter 3 It Takes an Entire Village Chapter 4 Engendering New Hope, Si se puede! Chapter 5 Building Capacity and Creating Flexibility Chapter 6 Schools as True Places of Learning for Human Growth Chapter 7 Organizing Schools for Latino Learners and Fostering Creativity Chapter 8 Assessment for Human Development and Reinvention Chapter 9 Holding True to Democratic Principles Chapter 10 A Call to Join the Action

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Authors Leonard A. Valverde, Valverde Leonard A.
Publisher Rowman and Littlefield
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 27.06.2006
 
EAN 9781578864904
ISBN 978-1-57886-490-4
No. of pages 184
Dimensions 152 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system

EDUCATION / Special Education / General, Teaching of students with different educational needs

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