Chicanas and Chicanos in school : racial profiling, identity battles, and empowerment /

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Annotation By any measure of test scores and graduation rates, public schools are failing to educate a large percentage of Chicana/o youth. But despite years of analysis of this failure, no consensus has been reached as to how to realistically address it. Taking a new approach to these issues, Marco...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pizarro, Marcos, 1967-
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 11.
Subjects:
Mexican American youth > Education > Social aspects > California > Los Angeles > Case studies.
Mexican American youth > Education > Social aspects > Washington (State) > Case studies.
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity > Case studies.
Discrimination in education > California > Los Angeles > Case studies.
Discrimination in education > Washington (State) > Case studies.
Jeunesse américaine d'origine mexicaine > Éducation > Aspect social > Californie > Los Angeles > Études de cas.
Jeunesse américaine d'origine mexicaine > Éducation > Aspect social > Washington (État) > Études de cas.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Identité ethnique > Études de cas.
Discrimination en éducation > Californie > Los Angeles > Études de cas.
Discrimination en éducation > Washington (État) > Études de cas.
EDUCATION > Secondary.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Discrimination in education
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity
California > Los Angeles
Washington (State)
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Insights from Los Angeles Chicana/o youth
  • Identity formation in Los Angeles
  • Identity and school performance in Los Angeles
  • Lessons from Los Angeles students for school success
  • Insights from Acoma Chicana/o youth
  • Identity formation in Acoma
  • Identity and school performance in Acoma
  • Lessons from Acoma students for school success
  • Time-out: Ernesto Sanchez's autobiographical analysis of identity and school in Acoma
  • Understanding and transforming the school lives of Chicana/o youth
  • Racial profiling, identity, and school achievement: lessons from power conflicts in diverse contexts
  • Chicana/o student educational empowerment.

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