Chicano school failure and success : past, present, and future /

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Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:London ; New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2002.
Description:xxi, 383 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4754583
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Other authors / contributors:Valencia, Richard R.
ISBN:0415257735
0415257743 (pbk.)
Notes:"Contributors of this second edition offer updated, comprehensive, state-of-the-art coverages of their respective chapters"--Introd.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Current Realities of the Chicano Schooling Experience
  • 1. The Plight of Chicano Students: An Overview of Schooling Conditions and Outcomes
  • 2. The Explosive Growth of the Chicano/Latino Population: Educational Implications
  • 3. Segregation, Desegregation, and Integration of Chicano Students: Old and New Realities
  • 4. Chicano Dropouts: An Update of Research and Policy Issues
  • Part II. Language Perspectives on Chicano Student Achievement
  • 5. Language, Public Policy, and Schooling: A Focus on Chicano English Language Learners
  • 6. Research in Bilingual Education: Moving Beyond the Effectiveness Debate
  • Part III. Cultural and Familial Perspectives on Chicano Student Achievement
  • 7. Chicano/Latino Critical Ethnography of Education: Cultural Productions from
  • 8. Chicano Families and Schools: Myths, Knowledge, and Future Directions for Understanding
  • Part IV. Educational Testing and Special Education Issues Germane to Chicano Students
  • 9. Educational Testing and Chicano Students: Issues, Consequences, and Prospects for Reform
  • 10. An Analysis of Special Education as a Response to the Diminished Academic Achievement of Chicano/Latino Students: An Update
  • Part V. The Big Picture and Chicano School Failure and Success
  • 11. The Big Picture: Systemic and Institutional Factors in Chicano School Failure and Success
  • 12. Conclusions: Towards Chicano School Success