Chicano school failure and success
Subtitle: past, present, and future
By: edited by Richard R. Valencia
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780415880602; 9780415880619; 9780203835982
Subjects: Mexican American students; Academic achievement; School failure
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The plight of Chicano students: an overview of schooling conditions and outcomes / Richard R. Valencia; title: Segregation, desegregation, and integration of Chicano students / Richard R. Valencia; title: Chicano dropouts / Russel W. Rumberger and Gloria M. Rodríguez; title: Chicana feminist theorizing: methodologies, pedagogies, and practices / Dolores Delgado Bernal and C. Alejandra Elenes; title: Supporting the participation and success of Chicanos in higher education / Maria Estela Zarate, Victor Saénz, and Leticia Oseguera; title: Language, public policy, and schooling: a focus on Chicano English language learners / Eugene E. García, Ann-Marie Wiese, and Delis Cuéllar; title: Two way dual language education / Elena Izquierdo; title: Critical ethnographies of education in the Latino/a diaspora / Sofia A. Villenas and Douglas E. Foley; title: Chicano families and schools: challenges for strengthening family-school relationships / Robert P. Moreno and Richard R. Valencia; title: Grappling with the intersection of language and ability differences: equity issues for Chicano/Latino students in special education / Alfredo J. Artiles, Federico R. Waitoller, and Rebecca Neal; title: Gifted Chicano students: underrepresentation issues and best-case practices for identification and placement / Richard R. Valencia and Bruno J. Villarreal; title: The big picture: systemic and institutional factors / Arthur Pearl; title: Conclusion: toward school reform / Richard R. Valencia and Arthur Pearl.