The time is now
Subtitle: understanding and responding to the black and latina/o dropout crisis in the U.S.
By: Louie F. Rodriguez
Series: Counterpoints. Studies in the postmodern theory of education -- vol. 457; Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) -- v. 457.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9781433123740; 9781433123733
Subjects: High school dropouts; Education (Secondary); African American high school students; Hispanic American high school students; Hispanic Americans; Social conditions; African Americans; Prevention
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Unveiling the hostility and getting situated in the dropout problem; title: Prioritizing institutional culture: proposing the PUEDES approach to understand and respond to the dropout crisis; title: Institutional culture under the spotlight: black and latina/o students' voices and experiences in three urban cities; title: The hope in our schools and communities: toward a 10-point plan to respond to the dropout crisis; title: Keeping the canaries in the classroom: towards a theory of action.