School kids/street kids
Subtitle: identity development in Latino students
By: Nilda Flores-González ; foreword by Sonia Nieto.
Series: Sociology of education series; Sociology of education series (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Hispanic American students -- Psychology; School dropouts -- Psychology; Identity (Psychology)
Description: Only 62% of Latinos have completed high school, while 94% of Whites and 87% of African Americans have done so. This book examines who drops out and who graduates--and why--among Puerto Rican students in an urban high school. Using role identity theory, the author explains how some students develop what she terms a "school-kid" identity that enables them to succeed in school, while others develop a "street-kid" identity and drop out.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-188) and index.