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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pizarro, Marcos, 1967-

Series:

Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 11.

Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican American youth--Education--Social aspects--California--Los Angeles--Case studies.

Mexican American youth.

Mexican American youth--Education--Social aspects--Washington (State)--Case studies.

Mexican Americans--Ethnic identity--California--Los Angeles--Case studies.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--Ethnic identity--Washington (State)--Case studies.

Discrimination in education--California--Los Angeles--Case studies.

Discrimination in education.

Discrimination in education--Washington (State)--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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, Marcos Pizarro goes directly to Chicana/o students in both urban and rural school districts to ask what their school experiences are really like, how teachers and administrators support or thwart their educational aspirations, and how schools could better serve their Chicana/o students. In this accessible, from-the-trenches account of the Chicana/o school experience, Marcos Pizarro makes the case that racial identity formation is the crucial variable in Chicana/o students' success or failure in school. He draws on the insights of students in East Los Angeles and rural Washington State, as well as years of research and activism in public education, to demonstrate that Chicana/o students face the daunting challenge of forming a positive sense of racial identity within an educational system that unintentionally yet consistently holds them to low standards because of their race. From his analysis of this systemic problem, he develops a model for understanding the process of racialization and for empowering Chicana/o students to succeed in school that can be used by teachers, school administrators, parents, community members, and students themselves.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION. Rethinking Research in Chicana/o Communities

PART ONE. INSIGHTS FROM LOS ANGELES CHICANA /O YOUTH

ONE. IDENTITY FORMATION IN LOS ANGELES

TWO. IDENTITY AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE IN LOS ANGELES

THREE. LESSONS FROM LOS ANGELES STUDENTS FOR SCHOOL SUCCESS

PART TWO. INSIGHTS FROM ACOMA CHICANA /O YOUTH

FOUR. IDENTITY FORMATION IN ACOMA

FIVE. IDENTITY AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE IN ACOMA

SIX. LESSONS FROM ACOMA STUDENTS FOR SCHOOL SUCCESS

TIME-OUT. ERNESTO SANCHEZ’S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF IDENTITY AND SCHOOL IN ACOMA

PART THREE. UNDERSTANDING AND TRANSFORMING THE SCHOOL LIVES OF CHICANA /O YOUTH

SEVEN. RACIAL PROFILING, IDENTITY, AND SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT Lessons from Power Conflicts in Diverse Contexts

EIGHT. CHICANA /O STUDENT EDUCATIONAL EMPOWERMENT

EPILOGUE

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-284) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79708-7

OCLC:

567995502