Title: College ready : preparing black and Latina/o youth for higher education, a culturally relevant approach /
Authors: Knight, Michelle G.; Marciano, Joanne E.
Year: 2013
Subjects: Hispanic Americans Education (Secondary); African Americans Education (Secondary); High school graduates United States.; College attendance United States.
Abstract: This book focuses on the voices, perspectives and action of 25 working class Black and Latina/o students and interviews with more than 50 of their teachers, counselors, administrators, and families to better understand who and what influences youth's college-going processes. It seeks to provide high school teachers, counselors, and administrators insight into ways that they can partner together to create a culturally relevant, schoolwide, college-going culture to increase Black and Latina/o youth's access to college.
Contents: Introduction: creating a culturally relevant, schoolwide, college-going culture -- It's (not) too early: negotiating mixed messages -- Promoting college readiness through teachers' and counselors' culturally relevant pedagogies -- Creating possibilities: black males' and Latinos' (non-)successful negotiations of -high-stakes testing and extracurricular activities -- Critical literacies and family involvement: envisioning black females' and Latinas' college and career-ready futures -- Culturally relevant peer groups, friendships, and college support.