Chicano School Failure and Success - Past, Present, and Future (Hardcover, 3rd edition)

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 this edition include experts in fields ranging from higher education, bilingual education, special education, gifted education, educational psychology, and anthropology. In order to capture the broad nature of Chicano school failure and success, contributors provide an in-depth look at topics as diverse as Chicano student dropout rates, the relationship between Chicano families and schools, and the impact of standards-based school reform and deficit thinking on Chicano student achievement. Committed to understanding the plight and improvement of schooling for Chicanos, this timely new edition addresses all the latest issues in Chicano education and will be a valued resource for students, educators, researchers, policy makers, and community activists alike.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	2002
Editors:	Richard R. Valencia
Dimensions:	254 x 178mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	324
Edition:	3rd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-88060-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General
LSN:	0-415-88060-2
Barcode:	9780415880602

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