| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Series |
The Hispanic population in the United States |
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Hispanic population in the United States (Charlotte, N.C.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Foreword: Education and the future of Latinos in the United States / Pedro A. Noguera -- Preface / Billie Gastic and Richard R. Verdugo -- Latina/o high school students' academic track placement and their mathematics achievement / Eduardo Mosqueda -- The Latino paradox? School segregation and Latino student achievement / Stephanie Potochnick and Sudhanshu Handa -- Beyond school structures and individual blame : centralizing school culture to understand and respond to the Latina/o dropout crisis / Louie F. Rodriguez -- Hispanics, Hispanic immigrants, and the Hispanic dropout rate / Richard R. Verdugo, Marguerite Lukes -- Navigating middle school transitions : the role of track placement, peer networks, and teacher support in shaping a sense of belonging to school / Eréndira Rueda -- Immigrant student educational experiences in an emerging Latina/o community in the midwest / Melissa Quintela -- "Do I look illegal?" Undocumented Latino students and the challenges of life in the shadows / Mariela Nuñez-Janes and Shaun Chapa -- Mexican-American schoolchildren in U.S public schools : a review of social science research on the Mexican-American family's cultural capital / Adalberto Aguirre, Jr., Ruben Martinez, Sandra Barboza -- The educational benefits of mentoring for Latino youth : insights from a national study / Billie Gastic, Diana Salas Coronado, David González Nieto -- Urban Latino parents' narratives of parent involvement / Mary Christianakis and Richard Mora -- Latino parent involvement and the school system : deconstructing isolation and inequality / Edward M. Olivos and Marcela Mendoza -- Meeting the needs of Hispanic students in public schools : implications for principal preparation / Mariela A. Rodríguez, María Luisa González, and Encarnacion Garza, Jr. -- The role of dual credit/dual enrollment courses in the recruitment and retention of Hispanic students in higher education / Belinda Roman -- Does the "Mismatch hypothesis" apply to Hispanic students at selective colleges? / Joanne W. Golann, Kerstin Gentsch, Chang Y. Chung, and Thomas J. Espenshade -- Leaving Latino males behind / Theresa Montaño and John Perez -- From a man's perspective : Latino men's outlook on the campus community / Darnell Cole and Araceli Ayala Espinoza -- Un camino solitario!/A lonely road! : Chicana/o faculty storytelling and counterstorytelling in academia / Juan Carlos González, Gloria Vaquera, Cynthia Bejarano and Edwardo L. Portillos. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Hispanic Americans -- Education.
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Hispanic American students -- Social conditions.
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EDUCATION / Students & Student Life
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| Added Author |
Gastic, Billie.
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Verdugo, Richard R.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Education of the Hispanic population, selected essays. Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., c2012 9781617359569 (DLC) 2012025475 (OCoLC)802182929 |
| ISBN |
9781617359583 (electronic bk.) |
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1617359580 (electronic bk.) |
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