Chicano school failure and success : research and policy agendas for the 1990s / edited by Richard R. Valencia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Valencia, Richard R.

Series:

Stanford series on education and public policy

Stanford series on education and public policy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican American students.

School failure--United States.

School failure.

United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Falmer Press, 1991.

Contents:

The plight of Chicano students : an overview of schooling conditions and outcomes / Richard R. Valencia

Segregation, desegregation, and integration of Chicano students : problems and prospects / Ruben Donato, Martha Menchaca, Richard R. Valencia

Chicano dropouts : a review of research and policy issues / Russell W. Rumberger

Bilingualism, second language acquisition, and the education of Chicano language minority students / Eugene E. Garcia

Promoting school success for Chicanos : the view from inside the bilingual classroom / Barbara J. Merino

From failure to success : the roles of culture and cultural conflict in the academic achievement of Chicano students / Henry T. Trueba

Cognitive socialization and competence : the academic development of Chicanos / Luis M. Laosa, Ronald W. Henderson.

The uses and abuses of educational testing : Chicanos as a case in point / Richard R. Valencia, Sofia Aburto

An analysis of special education as a response to the diminished academic achievement of Chicano students / Robert Rueda

Systemic and institutional factors in Chicano school failure / Arthur Pearl / Conclusions : towards Chicano school success / Richard R. Valencia.

Notes:

Papers of a conference held at Stanford University, May 12, 1989.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

ISBN:

1850008620

9781850008620

1850008639

9781850008637

OCLC:

22309664

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