Author : Mariolga Reyes Cruz
Publisher : Lfb Scholarly Pub Llc
ISBN 13 : 9781593322366
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (223 download)
Book Synopsis Mexican Immigrant Parents Advocating for School Reform by : Mariolga Reyes Cruz
Download or read book Mexican Immigrant Parents Advocating for School Reform written by Mariolga Reyes Cruz and published by Lfb Scholarly Pub Llc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reyes Cruz describes the experiences of Mexican immigrant parents working to make public schools responsive and accountable to Latino American children and their families in a small Midwestern town. The town is a racially divided city where a community of working-poor Latino American immigrants is forming. The parents do not believe schools are preparing their children for academic success and publicly advocate reforms. In the process, power struggles, knowledge-claim battles, and a generalized colonial mentality conspire to silence the parents' basic claims for respect, dignity, and their children's rights. Reyes Cruz tells the story from a critical perspective with an eye for understanding how power is played out in the daily reproduction and contestation of social inequalities.