Latino high school graduation : defying the odds /

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While high school drop-out rates have steadily declined among white and African American students over the last twenty years, a constant 35 percent of Latino students continue to quit school before graduation. Troubled by both the magnitude and the constancy of the Latino drop-out rate, Harriett Rom...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Romo, Harriett
Otros Autores: Falbo, Toni
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1996.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Hogg Foundation monograph series.
Temas:
Mexican American students > Social conditions > Case studies.
High school dropouts > United States > Case studies.
High school graduates > United States > Case studies.
Youth with social disabilities > Education (Secondary) > United States > Case studies.
Diplômés de l'enseignement secondaire > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Jeunes socialement défavorisés > Enseignement secondaire > États-Unis > Études de cas.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
High school dropouts
High school graduates
Youth with social disabilities > Education (Secondary)
High school
United States
Chicanos.
Hispanos.
Humaniora > Pædagogik.
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Charles M. Bonjean
  • The goals and methods of this book
  • The tracking of Hispanic students
  • Caught in the web of school policies
  • Gang involvement and educational attainment
  • Teen motherhood
  • Immigrant and second-generation students
  • Going for the GED
  • Bureaucratic glitches
  • Cultural boundaries, family resources, and parental actions
  • What schools must do to improve graduation rates
  • Appendix 1. Parent questionnaire
  • Appendix 2. Student questionnaire
  • Appendix 3. Ethnographic interview #1
  • parent
  • Appendix 4. Ethnographic interview #1
  • student
  • Appendix 5. Ethnographic Interview #2
  • parent
  • Appendix 6. Ethnographic interview #2
  • student
  • Appendix 7. Telephone interview
  • parent
  • Appendix 8. Telephone interview
  • student.

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