Mexicans and Hispanos in Colorado Schools and Communities, 1920-1960
Until now, much of what has been written about Mexican American  educational history has focused on California and Texas, while Colorado's  story has remained largely untold. Rubén Donato recounts the social and  educational history of Mexicans and Hispanos (descendents of Spanish troops  who came to the region in the late 1500s) in Colorado from 1920 to 1960. He  examines both groups' experiences in sugar beet towns, the experiences of  Hispanos in Anglo American-controlled towns, and the Hispano experience in  a historically controlled Hispano-controlled town. Donato argues that  whoever possessed power at the local level determined who ran the schools,  who administered them, who taught in them, who succeeded in them, and what  sorts of social and academic environments were created."Donato superbly documents the treatment of Mexican and Hispano communities  in Colorado in the twentieth century in distressingly immoral interlace. It  is analogous to the Black experience in America. All Coloradoans must read  this piercing historical account. Anyone who isn't clear about how a  transformative education makes a difference needs to critically engage this  book. It is truly a must read foralleducators." -- Hermán S.  García, New Mexico State University--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.