While the population of Hispanic/Latino and African American
students in the United States continues to grow, the rate at which
they attend college remains alarmingly small. These students, who
are often defined as "educationally underrepresented," are a
bellwether of a shortcoming in our nation's educational system that
has serious implications for the future. In "Greater Expectations,"
Robin Turner, a high school English teacher from Anaheim,
California, offers pragmatic, proven methods for better preparing
underrepresented students for higher education.
The book is grounded in Robin's experience as a leader in the
Puente Project, a college preparation program started in California
high schools over twenty years ago. Since 1981, Puente has proven
highly effective in producing positive change by improving academic
performance, standardized test scores, and college admission rates
for underrepresented students.
Forming the book's foundations are the ideas of "familia" and
"carino," or family and caring. The first, "familia," asserts the
importance of establishing a sense of community among adolescents
and tapping into student culture--ethnicity, music, sports,
neighborhood and so on in the language arts classroom. The second
concept, a pedagogy of "carino," contends that too often,
underrepresented students possess attributes that are overlooked
and are viewed with a deficit-model paradigm. Building on this
foundation, "Greater Expectations" shows how to effectively teach
different modes of academic discourse--literary analysis,
autobiographical/biographical, persuasive research, and
community-based writing. Offering a combination of personal
narrative, how-to lesson plans, and student samples, Robin Turner
challenges readers to approach their underrepresented students with
greater expectations and be equipped with specific lesson plans to
enable their classes to meet them.
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