| Description |
vi, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Counterpoints, 1058-1634 ; v. 253 |
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Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 253.
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| Contents |
Creating alternative discourses in the education of Latinos and Latinas: introduction / Raul E. Ybarra -- The drift of Latino students through public higher education: testimonies on slipping through the cracks of the iron cage / Ramona Hernández and Glenn Jacobs -- Rewriting race and gender high school lessons: second-generation Dominicans in New York City / Nancy López -- Jim Crow: a Phoenix rising in Boston- the trend toward separate and unequal in the Boston public schools / Steve Fernandez -- Writing as a hostile act: a reason for Latino students' resistance towards learning / Raul E. Ybarra -- Academic success and the Latino family / Roberto A. Ibarra -- Literacy for change: Latina adult learners and popular education / Lorma Rivera -- The effects of family background, immigration status, and social context on Latino children's educational attainment / Gabriella C. Gonzalez -- Latino parents put into words: immigrant parents share their beliefs on education through an after-school parents, children, and computers project / Rosita M. A. Ramírez -- Latina and Latino education: rearticulating discourses, pedagogies, and praxis / Nancy López. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Hispanic Americans -- Education.
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Discrimination in education -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Ybarra, Raul E., 1956-
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López, Nancy, 1969-
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| ISBN |
0820468010 |
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9780820468013 |
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