Raza studies : the public option for educational revolution / edited by Julio Cammarota and Augustine Romero ; foreword by David Stovall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cammarota, Julio.

Romero, Augustine.

Stovall, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican American children--Education--Arizona--Tucson.

Mexican American children.

Mexican Americans--Study and teaching--Arizona--Tucson.

Mexican Americans.

Critical pedagogy.

Tucson Unified School District (Pima County, Ariz.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The well-known and controversial Mexican American studies (MAS) program in Arizona's Tucson Unified School District set out to create an equitable and excellent educational experience for Latino students. This book offers the first comprehensive account of this progressive program by those who created it, implemented it, and have struggled to protect it"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introducing Paulo Freire in Raza studies / Julio Cammarota and Augustine F. Romero

Critically compassionate intellectualism / Augustine F. Romero

Lies, damn lies, and statistics / Nolan L. Cabrera

The battle for educational sovereignty / Augustine F. Romero

Self-inflicted reductio ad absurdum / Mary Carol Combs

When you know yourself you're more confident / Andrea J. Romero and Anna Ochoa O'Leary

The social justice education project / Julio Cammarota

Encuentro with families and students / Julio Cammarota and Augustine F. Romero

Researching the institute for transformative education / Lara dos Passos Coggin

Deconstructing the doublethink / Jeff Duncan-Andrade

Expanding on Freire / Chiara Cannella.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8165-9883-5

OCLC:

871670193