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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gandara, Patricia C.
Other Authors: Contreras, Frances, 1972-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Hispanic Americans > Education.
Hispanic American students > Social conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.