Potholes in the road : transition problems for low-income youth in high school /

"As education has been increasingly lauded as the path to achieving the 'American Dream,' Martín Sánchez-Jankowski utilizes extensive participant observation to examine how low-income students navigate the education system. With compassion and rigor, Potholes in the Road explores th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sánchez-Jankowski, Martín, 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
Temas:
Low-income high school students > United States > Case studies.
Élèves du secondaire à faible revenu > États-Unis > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Low-income high school students
United States
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"As education has been increasingly lauded as the path to achieving the 'American Dream,' Martín Sánchez-Jankowski utilizes extensive participant observation to examine how low-income students navigate the education system. With compassion and rigor, Potholes in the Road explores the dynamics of the multiple interrelated obstacles that low-income students must surpass in order to make educational transitions successfully from high school to college. Using extensive ethnographic research, Sánchez-Jankowski explores the mythic pull of the 'American Dream' and how obstacles of social capital, wealth, and culture make achieving such a dream through education nearly impossible"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 269 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520387126
0520387120

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