Chicano school failure and success : research and policy agendas for the 1990s /

Chicano school failure and success : research and policy agendas for the 1990s / [electronic resource] edited by Richard R. Valencia. - London ; New York : Falmer Press, 1991. - xi, 353 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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.

1850008620 9781850008620 1850008639 (pbk.) 9781850008637 (pbk.)

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GB91-1191 GB91-1295


Mexican American students.
School failure--United States.
Mexicaanse Amerikanen.
Schoolloopbaan.
Discriminatie.
Tweetaligheid.

Immigrants Education United States

LC2683 / .C47 1991

373.1/2913089/68 371.976872