School connections
Subtitle: U.S. Mexican youth, peers, and school achievement
By: edited by Margaret A. Gibson, Patricia Gándara, Jill Peterson Koyama ; foreword by Jeannie Oakes.
Contributors: Gibson, Margaret A.; Gandara, Patricia C.; Koyama, Jill Peterson.
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: Mexican-American youth -- Education (Secondary) -- Social aspects -- United States -- Case studies; Children of immigrants -- Education (Secondary) -- Social aspects -- United States -- Case studies; Peer pressure in adolescence -- United States -- Case studies; Underachievers -- United States -- Attitudes -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Other titles: Center for Educational Pluralism Collection.
Description: This volume examines the ongoing social dynamic between peer relations and academic achievement, bringing together the latest thinking from prominent scholars in anthropology, psychology, sociology, and education. It links new research on Mexican-origin adolescents, their peer relations, and their academic achievement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

A copy of this item is available in the Center for Educational Pluralism, located in Miller Hall 250.