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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sánchez-Jankowski, Martín, 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 269 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520387126
0520387120

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