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Quality education for Latinos and Latinas : print and oral skills for all students, K-college /

As educators and legislators across the country debate how to improve public schools, the most vital factor often disappears from the equation--the relationship between the teacher and the student. According to veteran educators Rita and Marco Portales, this relationship is the central issue in the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Portales, Rita
Other Authors: Portales, Marco, 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Thinking about our Spanish-speaking students in the schools
  • Latino and Latina students and the schools we could create
  • But our education systems are distended
  • Why students drop out
  • A Mexican American mother who will not visit school
  • The tribal mentality and favoritism
  • Crime and properly funded schools
  • Teachers, administrators, board members, state education agencies, legislators, and taxpayers : which is the most important group?
  • The K-12 school district team
  • Teachers and students in the classroom
  • Understanding and educating all students
  • The four K-16 cultures
  • Emphasizing all print and oral skills
  • Blueprint for reinstating social values and civic virtues
  • A print and oral approach that champions the importance of clauses
  • A third dimension to words : choreographing writing
  • Quality education and the teachers in the classroom.