Chicano school failure and success : past, present, and future / edited by Richard R. Valencia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Valencia, Richard R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican American students.

School failure--United States.

School failure.

Academic achievement--United States.

Academic achievement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The third edition of the best selling collection, Chicano School Failure and Success presents a complete and comprehensive review of the multiple and complex issues affecting Chicano students today. Richly informative and accessibly written, this edition includes completely revised and updated chapters that incorporate recent scholarship and research on the current realities of the Chicano school experience. It features four entirely new chapters on important topics such as la Chicana, two way dual language education, higher education, and gifted Chicano students. Contributors to t

Contents:

pt. 1. Current realities of the Chicano schooling experience: The plight of Chicano students: an overview of schooling conditions and outcomes / Richard R. Valencia ; Segregation, desegregation, and integration of Chicano students / Richard R. Valencia ; Chicano dropouts / Russel W. Rumberger and Gloria M. Rodríguez ; Chicana feminist theorizing: methodologies, pedagogies, and practices / Dolores Delgado Bernal and C. Alejandra Elenes ; Supporting the participation and success of Chicanos in higher education / Maria Estela Zarate, Victor Saénz, and Leticia Oseguera

pt. 2. Language perspectives on Chicano student achievement: Language, public policy, and schooling : a focus on Chicano English language learners / Eugene E. García, Ann-Marie Wiese, and Delis Cuéllar ; Two way dual language education / Elena Izquierdo

pt. 3. Cultural and familial perspectives on Chicano student academic achievement: Critical ethnographies of education in the Latino/a diaspora / Sofia A. Villenas and Douglas E. Foley ; Chicano families and schools: challenges for strengthening family-school relationships / Robert P. Moreno and Richard R. Valencia

pt. 4. Educational assessment and placement issues regarding Chicano students: Grappling with the intersection of language and ability differences : equity issues for Chicano/Latino students in special education / Alfredo J. Artiles, Federico R. Waitoller, and Rebecca Neal ; Gifted Chicano students: underrepresentation issues and best-case practices for identification and placement / Richard R. Valencia and Bruno J. Villarreal

pt. 5. The big picture and Chicano school failure and success: The big picture : systemic and institutional factors / Arthur Pearl ; Conclusion : toward school reform / Richard R. Valencia and Arthur Pearl.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-04246-0

9786613042460

1-136-86036-3

0-203-83598-0

9780203835982

OCLC:

707067648