03688nam 2200649 a 450 991045594050332120200520144314.00-8147-2404-30-8147-8825-410.18574/9780814724040(CKB)2440000000014050(EBL)865424(OCoLC)779828067(SSID)ssj0000474737(PQKBManifestationID)11291785(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474737(PQKBWorkID)10455302(PQKB)11363831(MiAaPQ)EBC865424(OCoLC)497123969(MdBmJHUP)muse10852(DE-B1597)548325(DE-B1597)9780814724040(Au-PeEL)EBL865424(CaPaEBR)ebr10289872(EXLCZ)99244000000001405020080319d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChicano students and the courts[electronic resource] the Mexican American legal struggle for educational equality /Richard R. ValenciaNew York New York University Pressc20081 online resource (505 p.)Critical AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.0-8147-8830-0 0-8147-8819-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-444) and index.School segregation -- School financing -- Special education -- Bilingual education -- School closures -- Undocumented students -- Higher education financing -- High-stakes testing.In 1925 Adolfo ‘Babe’ Romo, a Mexican American rancher in Tempe, Arizona, filed suit against his school district on behalf of his four young children, who were forced to attend a markedly low-quality segregated school, and won. But Romo v. Laird was just the beginning. Some sources rank Mexican Americans as one of the most poorly educated ethnic groups in the United States. Chicano Students and the Courts is a comprehensive look at this community’s long-standing legal struggle for better schools and educational equality. Through the lens of critical race theory, Valencia details why and how Mexican American parents and their children have been forced to resort to legal action.Chicano Students and the Courts engages the many areas that have spurred Mexican Americans to legal battle, including school segregation, financing, special education, bilingual education, school closures, undocumented students, higher education financing, and high-stakes testing, ultimately situating these legal efforts in the broader scope of the Mexican American community’s overall struggle for the right to an equal education. Extensively researched, and written by an author with firsthand experience in the courtroom as an expert witness in Mexican American education cases, this volume is the first to provide an in-depth understanding of the intersection of litigation and education vis-à-vis Mexican Americans.Critical America.Discrimination in educationLaw and legislationUnited StatesMexican American studentsLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesElectronic books.Discrimination in educationLaw and legislationMexican American studentsLegal status, laws, etc.344.73/0798Valencia Richard R885583MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455940503321Chicano students and the courts2468343UNINA