CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FOREWORD ix
4. PREFACE xi
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xviii
6. ONE The Goals and Methods of This Book 1
7. TWO The Tracking of Hispanic Students "You're not college material." 20
8. THREE Caught in the Web of School Policies "Why me?" 45
9. FOUR Gang Involvement and Educational Attainment "My own gang." 69
10. FIVE Teen Motherhood "I wanted him." 92
11. SIX Immigrant and Second-Generation Students "Well, she's Mexican. She's going to drop out." 119
12. SEVEN Going for the GED "I didn't want to be 20 when I graduated." 144
13. EIGHT Bureaucratic Glitches " I guess no one wants me." 164
14. NINE Cultural Boundaries, Family Resources, and Parental Actions "Don H be like me—stay in school." 190
15. TEN What Schools Must D o to Improve Graduation Rates "What would I change? Everything." 218
16. APPENDIX 1 Parent Questionnaire 255
17. APPENDIX 2 Student Questionnaire 267
18. APPENDIX 3 Ethnographic Interview # I-Parent 277
19. APPENDIX 4 Ethnographic Interview # I -Student 279
20. APPENDIX 5 Ethnographic Interview #2—Parent 281
21. APPENDIX 6 Ethnographic Interview #2—Student 283
22. APPENDIX 7 Telephone Interview- Parent 285
23. APPENDIX 8 Telephone Interview Student 291
24. NOTES 295
25. INDEX 321