Chicano School Failure and Success

Richly informative and accessibly written, Chicano School Failure and Success, Third Edition includes completely revised and updated chapters that incorporate recent scholarship and research on the current realities of the Chicano school experience.

Richard R. Valencia is Professor, Educational Psychology, The University of Texas, Austin.

Part I: Current Realities of the Chicano Schooling Experience 1. The Plight of Chicano Students: An Overview of Schooling Conditions and Outcomes, Richard R. Valencia 2. Segregation, Desegregation, and Integration of Chicano Students, Richard R. Valencia 3. Chicano Dropouts, Russel W. Rumberger and Gloria M. Rodríguez 4. Chicana Feminist Theorizing: Methodologies, Pedagogies, and Practices, Dolores Delgado Bernal and C. Alejandra Elenes 5. Supporting the Participation and Success of Chicanos in Higher Education, Maria Estela Zarate, Victor Saénz, and Leticia Oseguera Part II: Language Perspectives on Chicano Student Academic Achievement 6. Language, Public Policy, and Schooling: A Focus on Chicano English Language Learners, Eugene E. García, Ann-Marie Wiese, and Delis Cuéllar 7. Two Way Dual Language Education, Elena Izquierdo Part III: Cultural and Familial Perspectives on Chicano Student Academic Achievement 8. Critical Ethnographies of Education in the Latino/a Diaspora, Sofia A. Villenas and Douglas E. Foley 9. Chicano Families and Schools: Challenges for Strengthening Family-School Relationships, Robert P. Moreno and Richard R. Valencia Part IV: Educational Assessment and Placement Issues Regarding Chicano Students 10. Grappling with the Intersection of Language and Ability Differences: Equity Issues for Chicano/Latino Students in Special Education, Alfredo J. Artiles, Federico R. Waitoller, and Rebecca Neal 11. Gifted Chicano Students: Underrepresentation Issues and Best-Case Practices for Identification and Placement, Richard R. Valencia and Bruno J. Villarreal Part V: The Big Picture and Chicano School Failure and Success 12. The Big Picture: Systemic and Institutional Factors, Arthur Pearl 13. Conclusion: Toward School Reform, Richard R. Valencia and Arthur Pearl