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3. American Schools and the Latino Student Experience

  • Patricia Gándara and Frances Contreras
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The Latino Education Crisis
This chapter is in the book The Latino Education Crisis
© 2020 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2020 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS ix
  3. Introduction: A Call to Action 1
  4. 1. The Crisis and the Context 15
  5. 2. On Being Latino or Latina in America 54
  6. 3. American Schools and the Latino Student Experience 86
  7. 4. Is Language the Problem? 121
  8. 5. Inside the Lives of Puente Students 151
  9. 6. Beating the Odds and Going to College 196
  10. 7. The Costs and Effectiveness of Intervention 250
  11. 8. Rescatando Sueños—Rescuing Dreams 304
  12. Acknowledgments 335
  13. Appendix 337
  14. Notes 349
  15. References 373
  16. Index 405
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674056367-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS ix
  3. Introduction: A Call to Action 1
  4. 1. The Crisis and the Context 15
  5. 2. On Being Latino or Latina in America 54
  6. 3. American Schools and the Latino Student Experience 86
  7. 4. Is Language the Problem? 121
  8. 5. Inside the Lives of Puente Students 151
  9. 6. Beating the Odds and Going to College 196
  10. 7. The Costs and Effectiveness of Intervention 250
  11. 8. Rescatando Sueños—Rescuing Dreams 304
  12. Acknowledgments 335
  13. Appendix 337
  14. Notes 349
  15. References 373
  16. Index 405
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