| Chicano Educational Achievement: Comparing Escuela Tlatelolco, A Chicanocentric School, and a Public High School Contributor(s): McKissack, Elena Aragon De (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815335113 ISBN-13: 9780815335115 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1999 Annotation: This study compares two urban schools based on their ability to provide an effective education for Hispanic students. Broderick High School began as an elite, Anglo-dominated institution and evolved into a school whose student body was 82% Hispanic. It is large, public and with a history of sporadic racial tension, walkouts, and a high dropout rate for Hispanic students. Escuela Tlatelolco is small, private, and Chicanocentric. Founded in 1970 by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, a leader of the Chicano Civil Rights Movement, it was designed to provide Chicano students the opportunity to reinforce pride in their language, culture, and identity. Through interviews of administrators, teachers, graduates, and students at both schools as well as personal observations, a significant difference was discovered between the experiences and attitudes of those who attended the public school in the 1960s through 1980s and those who graduated in the 1990s. As the public school increased Hispanic administration, teaching and operating staff, and changed its curriculum to include Hispanic history, Hispanic students expressed a greater degree of satisfaction and fulfillment. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Student Life & Student Affairs |
| Dewey: 371.829 |
| LCCN: 99044760 |
| Series: Latino Communities: Emerging Voices (Garland Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.02" W x 8.84" (0.79 lbs) 142 pages |
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| Publisher Description: First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |