Additive schooling in subtractive times : bilingual education and Dominican immigrant youth in the Heights / Lesley Bartlett and Ofelia García ; foreword by Angela Valenzuela.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartlett, Lesley.

Contributor:

García, Ofelia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Bilingual--New York (State)--New York.

Education, Bilingual.

Dominican Americans--Education (Secondary)--New York (State)--New York.

Dominican Americans.

Education, Secondary.

New York (State).

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

xii, 290 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Nashville, Tenn. : Vanderbilt University Press, [2011]

Summary:

Bartlett (international and transcultural studies, Columbia U.) and Garcia (urban education and Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian literatures and languages, City U. of New York) report on their study of the efforts of Gregorio Luperon High School in New York City to educate Dominican immigrant youth. Over a period of four years, they conducted observations and interviews with administrators, faculty, students, and parents, and examined public policies to consider how the school supports the development of new Latino students; the challenges they face and responses to them; how they progress through the school; and how the school facilitates their social mobility, showing the value of a social approach to teaching bilinguals that situates language learning as a community rather than individual endeavor. They provide a history of the school's formation and demographics on the students, and discuss how No Child Left Behind, state accountability, and city reforms affected the school as it practiced an additive method that builds on and extends the social, cultural, and linguistic assets of students while dealing with opposition to bilingual education, intensification of policies that undermine bilingual approaches, and practices that lead students into working-poor jobs. They also consider challenges identified by students to their adaptation and how the school helped them, and how they transitioned into further education, work, and family life. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 Introduction: Schooling Immigrant Youth 1

2 In the Heights: Dominican Youth Immigrate to New York 29

3 Education Policy as Social Context 51

4 From Subtractive to Additive Schooling: The History of Gregorio Luperón High School 69

5 Languaging at Luperón 115

6 Challenges Facing Immigrant Youth at Luperón 151

7 Social Capital and Additive Schooling at Luperón 189

8 The Political Economy of Education: Trajectories of Luperón Students through School and Beyond 211

9 Educating Immigrant Youth: Lessons Learned 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826517623

0826517625

9780826517630

0826517633

OCLC:

676689205