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Persistent inequality : contemporary realities in the education of undocumented Latina/o students / Maria Pabon Lopez, Gerardo R. Lopez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- López, María Pabón, author.
- Series:
- Critical educator.
- The critical educator
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latin Americans--Education--United States.
- Latin Americans.
- Latin American students--United States--Social conditions.
- Latin American students.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The children of undocumented migrants in the U.S. are trapped at the intersection of two systems in crisis: the public education system and the immigration law system. Based on a long tradition of scholarship in Latino education and on newer critical race theory ideas, Persistent Inequality answers burning questions about how educational policy has to rise to meet the unique challenges of undocumented students' lives as well as those which face nearly all Latinos in the U.S. educational system. How solid is the Supreme Court precedent, Plyler v. Doe, that allows undocu
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Undocumented Students in the United States: An Educational and Critical Overview; 1 Examination of Plyler v. Doe and its Aftermath, Including Additional Bases for Undocumented Students' Access to Public Education; 2 Documented Dreams, the Underground Railroad and Underground Undergraduates: Higher Education for the Undocumented and the Use of Student Movements to Achieve this Goal; 3 Speak No Evil: Language Education Policy from Lau to the Unz Initiatives and Beyond
- 4 Accountability under No Child Left Behind: Implications for Undocumented Students5 Examining Potential Dangers of the Law in the Schoolhouse: Critical Implications of Racial Privacy Initiatives and Immigration School Raids; Conclusion; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-22968-6
- 1-135-22969-4
- 1-282-44380-1
- 9786612443800
- 0-203-86513-8
- 9780203865132
- OCLC:
- 503463135
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