The Latino education crisis : the consequences of failed social policies /

Gandara, Patricia C.

The Latino education crisis : the consequences of failed social policies / Patricia Gándara, Frances Contreras. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009. - 415 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The crisis and the context -- On being Latino or Latina in America -- American schools and the Latino student experience -- Is language the problem? -- Inside the lives of Puente students -- Beating the odds and going to college -- The costs and effectiveness of intervention -- Rescatando suenos, rescuing dreams.

9780674031272 (alk. paper)


Hispanic Americans--Education.
Hispanic American students--Social conditions.

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