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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449718403321

Titolo

Education in the new Latino diaspora [[electronic resource] ] : policy and the politics of identity / / edited by Stanton Wortham, Enrique G. Murillo, Jr., and Edmund T. Hamann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Ablex Pub., 2002

ISBN

0-313-07610-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

Sociocultural studies in educational policy formation and appropriation, , 1530-5473 ; ; v. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

WorthamStanton Emerson Fisher <1963->

MurilloEnrique G

HamannEdmund T

Disciplina

371.829/68073

Soggetti

Hispanic Americans - Education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; 1 Education and Policy in the New Latino Diaspora; 2 Reinventing Educación in New Latino Communities; 3 Recent Language Minority Education Policy in Georgia; 4 ¿Un Paso Adelante? The Politics of Bilingual Education, Latino Student Accommodation, and School District Management in Southern Appalachia; 5 The New Paths of Mexican Immigrants in the United States; 6 Gender and School Success in the Latino Diaspora; 7 Fragmented Community, Fragmented Schools; 8 Lowrider Art and Latino Students in the Rural Midwest; 9 Policy Design as Practice

10 How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?11 The New Latino Diaspora and Educational Policy; Index; About the Editors and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Describes how many Latino families are settling in areas where there has been little presence placing pressures on host communities and schools especially. The chapters describe how host community conceptions and policies toward Latinos can either contradict or harmonize with Latinos' conceptions.