5. Inside the Lives of Puente Students

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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