Lessons from high-performing Hispanic schools
Subtitle: creating learning communities
By: edited by Pedro Reyes, Jay D. Scribner, Alicia Paredes Scribner.
Contributors: Reyes, Pedro, 1954-; Scribner, Jay D.; Scribner, Alicia Paredes.
Series: Critical issues in educational leadership series
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Hispanic American children -- Education -- Texas -- Case studies; Community education -- Texas -- Case studies; Multicultural education -- Texas -- Case studies
Description: Provides a framework for creating successful learning communities. Shows teachers' specific classroom practices that academically motivate minority children. Recommends leadership practices that school principals can use to foster academic excellence. Outlines strategies for involving parents in their children's education. Describes specific assessment practices. Includes true-to-life, inspiring stories of poor, minority students succeeding academically.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.