The Education of the Hispanic Population

Selected Essays

Billie Gastic, Richard R. Verdugo, Billie Gastic, Richard R. Verdugo

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9781617359569
  9781617359576
• eBook ISBN:
  9781617359583
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Multicultural Education

This volume brings together the latest research and scholarship on Latinos in the United States. This book is special in terms of the broad scope of topics covered and methodologies employed in pursuit of knowledge about Latino students. This collection is also unique in that it features the work of more than a dozen Latino scholars—both early-careerand established—applying their research expertise to investigate and elucidate the educational experiences of Latinos in the United States.

The themes that are discussed in the chapters of The Education of the Hispanic Population: Selected Essays, reflect the wide-ranging discussions that are occurring in schools and school districts across the country and issues that are being carefully investigated by researchers who are committed to contributing thoughtful and meaningful scholarship of consequence for improving conditions for Latino youth.

Table of contents

• Cover
• The Education of the Hispanic Population: Selected Essays
• The Hispanic Population in the United States
• The Education of the Hispanic Population: Selected Essays
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword: Education and the Future of Latinos in the United States
• Preface
• 1: Latina/o High School Students’ Academic Track Placement and Their Mathematics Achievement
• 2: The Latino Paradox? School Segregation and Latino Student Achievement
• 3: Beyond School Structures and Individual Blame: Centralizing School Culture to Understand and Respond to the Latina/o Dropout Crisis
• 4: Hispanics, Hispanic Immigrants, and the Hispanic Dropout Rate
• 5: Dropping In, Not Out: Educational Aspirations and Experiences of Latino Immigrant Youth in New York City
• 6: Navigating Middle School Transitions: The Role of Track Placement, Peer Networks, and Teacher Support in Shaping a Sense of Belonging to School
• 7: Immigrant Student Educational Experiences in an Emerging Latina/o Community in the Midwest
• 8: “Do I Look Illegal?” Undocumented Latino Students and the Challenges of Life in the Shadows
• 9: Mexican-American Schoolchildren in U.S. Public Schools: A Review of Social Science Research on the Mexican-American Family’s Cultural Capital
• 10: The Educational Benefits of Mentoring for Latino Youth: Insights From a National Study
• 11: Urban Latino Parents’ Narratives of Parent Involvement
• 12: Latino Parent Involvement and the School System: Deconstructing Isolation and Inequality
• 13: Meeting the Needs of Hispanic Students in Public Schools: Implications for Principal Preparation
• 14: The Role of Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Courses in the Recruitment and Retention of Hispanic Students in Higher Education
• 15: Does the “Mismatch Hypothesis” Apply to Hispanic Students at Selective Colleges?
• 16: Leaving Latino Males Behind
• 17: From a Man’s Perspective: Latino Men’s Outlook on the Campus Community
• 18: Un Camino Solitario!/A Lonely Road!: Chicana/o Faculty Storytelling and Counterstorytelling in Academia
• About the Authors