03111nam 2200661 a 450 991095608620332120251117093942.09780292792593029279259X97802927952350292795238(CKB)3710000001409299(MiAaPQ)EBC3442955(Au-PeEL)EBL3442955(CaPaEBR)ebr2001291(OCoLC)929158727(BIP)28208943(EXLCZ)99371000000140929919950410d1996 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLatino high school graduation defying the odds /Harriett D. Romo and Toni Falbo1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press1996[Place of publication not identified]University of Texas Press20091 online resource (xvii, 324 pages)The Hogg Foundation monograph seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780292724945 0292724942 Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-320) and index.Intro -- F O R E W O R D -- P R E FA C E -- A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S -- O N E -- T W O -- T H R E E -- F O U R -- F I V E -- S I X -- S E V E N -- E I G H T -- N I N E -- T E N -- A P P E N D I X 1 -- A P P E N D I X 2 -- A P P E N D I X 3 -- A P P E N D I X 4 -- A P P E N D I X 5 -- A P P E N D I X 6 -- A P P E N D I X 7 -- A P P E N D I X 8 -- N O T E S -- I N D E X.While high school drop-out rates have steadily declined among white and African American students over the last twenty years, a constant 35 percent of Latino students continue to quit school before graduation. Troubled by both the magnitude and the constancy of the Latino drop-out rate, Harriett Romo and Toni Falbo conducted a four-year study of at-risk Latino students to determine how some defy the odds and stay in school to earn high school diplomas. This book reveals in full detail what they found.Hogg Foundation monograph series.Future Future: A Recent HistoryLATINO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONMexican American studentsSocial conditionsCase studiesHigh school dropoutsUnited StatesCase studiesHigh school graduatesUnited StatesCase studiesYouth with social disabilitiesEducation (Secondary)United StatesCase studiesMexican American studentsSocial conditionsHigh school dropoutsHigh school graduatesYouth with social disabilitiesEducation (Secondary)371.97/6872073Romo Harriett1810817Falbo Toni1810818MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956086203321Latino high school graduation4362338UNINA