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Author Espinoza-Herold, Mariella

Title Issues in Latino Education : Race, School Culture, and the Politics of Academic Success
Edition 2nd ed
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (236 pages)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Mariella's Story: The Rural Reality; The Urban Reality; Ricardo's Story; The Case of the Mexican American Studies (MAS) Program; Educators: Where Do We Stand?; Latino Education in Arizona Today; References; 2 Conceptual Underpinnings of Latino School Success and Failure; On Being Bilingual and/or Bicultural; Bilingualism; Biculturalism; Latest Developments in Research on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education; Research Perspectives on Underachievement of Bicultural Students and The Politics of Success
Anthropological Explanations for Differential Achievement Among Nonmainstream GroupsCultural Relativism; Social Reproduction Theories; Pathologizing Student Failure: Critical Pedagogy and the Education of Latinos; References; 3 ¿Qué Pasa? Latinos: From the Most Numerous to the Most Neglected; The National Reality; Stagnant Latino Academic Performance; Other Educational Realities in Arizona; Program Models; The Charter School Movement in Arizona; The Texan Reality; Program Models; Troubling Racial Disparities in the Education of Latinos and Other Students of Color
Classroom Teacher-Student Disparities in Arizona SchoolsCase Studies: The Awakening of Latino Voices; Research Setting; The Participants; Teacher Survey; Study Limitations; For Discussion; References; 4 The Role of the Media in the Transmission of Ideologies Related to Latino Students; Ideologies in the Media; Connection between Language and Ideologies; Social Media and the Transmission of Ideologies; The Case of the Mexican American Studies (MAS) Program in Tucson; Attempts in the Media to Influence Public Opinion; Conclusion; For Discussion; References
5 Introducing Manny: There's More Than Whites Out HereSuccess: The American Dream; Time and Money: If You Have Money, You Can Buy Time -- High School Is a Joke: It's a Mechanical Game -- The Big School Problem: This Is the Twenty-First Century; There's More Than Whites Out Here -- Identity: I Don't Fit in Here, and I Don't Fit in There -- Stereotyping: Either Being Black or Mexican, You Are a Troublemaker or a Drug Dealer -- Teachers: The Straightforward Ones Versus the Bull_______rs -- Administration and School Policy: It's That Little Power Trip Again
Dropouts: ... But I Know How to Play the GameConclusion; For Discussion; References; 6 Introducing Carla:This Is America and Here You Speak English! -- I Didn't Like Their Pushy Ways -- All of Us Mexicans Got Fs -- I'm Not a Wetback! -- Only Mexicans Drop Out -- My Extended Family -- Mentors: The Trick Is to Find Them -- Bilingual Education: Thanks to That We Passed the Classes -- Success: It Has Many Dimensions -- Identity: Mexicans and Chicanos Look Alike; Cholos Are Different -- Racial Conflicts: On Each Corner Divided by Color
Notes Good Teachers: ""I Must First Find Out Each Teacher's Reputation""
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Subject Hispanic Americans -- Education -- United States
Hispanic American students -- Education -- Case studies
Hispanic American students -- Education (Secondary) -- Arizona
Education, Bilingual -- United States
Education, Bilingual.
Hispanic American students.
Hispanic Americans -- Education.
Arizona.
United States.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Form Electronic book
Author González-Carriedo, Ricardo
ISBN 9781315392257
1315392259