Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Tables; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Chapter 1 Introduction; The Study; Mexican Immigrant and Mexican American Achievement; Immigrant Achievement; U.S.-Born Underachievement; The Subtractive Elements of Caring and Cultural Assimilation; Caring and Education; Subtractive Assimilation; Social Capital; Unmasking Barriers to Progress; Chapter 2 Seguín High School in Historical Perspective: Mexican Americans' Struggle for Equal Educational Opportunity in Houston; The Early Years; Changing Demographics and the "Mexicanization" of the East End and Seguín High
  • Ross v. Eckels and the Struggle for Just IntegrationThe Court Order; The Boycott; Impact on Seguín; Magnet Schools; The Seguín School Walkout; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Teacher-Student Relations and the Politics of Caring; Teacher Caring; The "Uncaring Student" Prototype; "Americanized" Immigrant Youth; "Not Caring" as Student Resistance; Caring and Pedagogy; When Teachers Do Not Initiate Relation; Contributions and Limitations of the Caring and Education Literature; Love is One Taquito Away; Chapter 4 Everyday Experiences in the Lives of Immigrant and U.S.-Born Youth
  • The Experience of Schooling for Mexican Immigrant YouthUrban Youth from Monterrey; English-Speaking Immigrants; Pre-Literate Youth; Immigrant Youth and the Question of Empeño; Cross-Generational Gender and Social Capital; Social Capital among U.S.-Born Youth; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Subtractive Schooling and Divisions among Youth; Relationships and the "Politics of Difference"; Subtractive Schooling; Divisions among Youth; Attitudes among Immigrant Groups; Attitudes among Mixed-Generation Groups; Attitudes among U.S.-born Groups; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Unity in Resistance to Schooling
  • Mutiny in Mr. Chilcoate's ClassroomCinco de Mayo, 1993; The Talent Show; Chapter 7 Conclusion; Epilogue: Some Final Thoughts; Appendix: Research Methodology; Participant Observation; Group Interviews; Documentary Evidence; Why I Chose Juan Seguín High School As My Site; Notes; References; Index