Examining The Role Of Social And Cultural Capital In Latino Parents Access Of A College Going Culture

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Examining the Role of Social and Cultural Capital in Latino Parents Access of a College-going Culture

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Total Pages : 186 pages
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Download or read book Examining the Role of Social and Cultural Capital in Latino Parents Access of a College-going Culture written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine how social and cultural capital influenced Latino parents in guiding their children in the quest of higher education. This study viewed social and cultural capital in relation to school characteristics and school counselor support, which facilitated or impeded parents’ capital. A secondary focus was to examine the differences between parents of first-generation college-going and non-first generation collegegoing students. The research question driving the study was: What role does social and cultural capital play in accessing a college-going culture that leads to the explicit and implicit college admission processes for Latino parents? The study used a sequential transformative mixed method approach. The first phase involved selecting 137 Latino parents across three high schools in the southern region of San Diego County. The second phase involved selecting and interviewing 13 parents, their high school children, and two school counselor focus groups. The findings indicate that when Latino parents were provided with opportunities for engagement and given the necessary tools and information regarding the college process, they were able to capitalize on those opportunities to significantly impact their knowledge and ability to guide their children towards college readiness. The quantitative data revealed that parents in the study held moderate levels of social capital, yet they demonstrated multiple indicators of formal and informal engagement in the home and school in effort to gain the knowledge and skills to aid their children. Parents held high expectations and pushed their children towards rigorous coursework. Students internalized their parents’ expectations and had hopes of attending a university. Parents had the strongest influence over the students’ academic goals, followed by school counselors. School counselors were instrumental in developing parents’ social capital and providing students with a college-going culture, particularly when working within a comprehensive school counseling model. Parents particularly benefitted from the collaboration; in turn they became equipped with the knowledge and skills to help their children navigate the college admissions process. Educators may need to rethink the definition of first-generation college-going student to understand their unique needs in the college admissions process.

Social and Cultural Capital Among Mexican Immigrant Families

Author : Norma Larios
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Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (724 download)

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Download or read book Social and Cultural Capital Among Mexican Immigrant Families written by Norma Larios and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines Mexican parents and whether their social and cultural capital affects the academic performance and educational expectations of their children. The results of this study highlights the positive effect that cultural pride/tradition has on Mexican children's education. In conjunction with segmented assimilation theory, this study examined 341 parents and 755 children from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study to test hypotheses associated with neighborhood networks (social capital) and cultural tradition (cultural capital). Multivariate regression and structural equation modeling is used to predict the effect of these variables on children's grade point average and educational expectations. The model also controls for the number of years that parents have lived in the United States, parents' highest educational level, and parents' educational expectations. The analyses find the significance of cultural tradition, and parental and child educational expectations lead to a higher GPA among Mexican students. My major finding is that children academically benefit from continued awareness of their home country's traditions. Keywords Mexican, Social Capital, Cultural Capital, Cultural Values, Networks, Segmented Assimilation

Handbook of the Sociology of Education in the 21st Century

Author : Barbara Schneider
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319766945
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of the Sociology of Education in the 21st Century written by Barbara Schneider and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook unifies access and opportunity, two key concepts of sociology of education, throughout its 25 chapters. It explores today’s populations rarely noticed, such as undocumented students, first generation college students, and LGBTQs; and emphasizing the intersectionality of gender, race, ethnicity and social class. Sociologists often center their work on the sources and consequences of inequality. This handbook, while reviewing many of these explanations, takes a different approach, concentrating instead on what needs to be accomplished to reduce inequality. A special section is devoted to new methodological work for studying social systems, including network analyses and school and teacher effects. Additionally, the book explores the changing landscape of higher education institutions, their respective populations, and how labor market opportunities are enhanced or impeded by differing postsecondary education pathways. Written by leading sociologists and rising stars in the field, each of the chapters is embedded in theory, but contemporary and futuristic in its implications. This Handbook serves as a blueprint for identifying new work for sociologists of education and other scholars and policymakers trying to understand many of the problems of inequality in education and what is needed to address them.

Latinos in a Changing Society

Author : Edwin Meléndez
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1567207677
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (672 download)

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Download or read book Latinos in a Changing Society written by Edwin Meléndez and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the importance of Latino issues in the current social and economic times, the publication of Latinos in a Changing Society is both timely and prescient in its contributions to the current discourse of how Latinos are being influenced by U.S. norms and culture and how Latinos are also affecting U.S. society. This volume contributes to our need for comprehensive analysis of how Latin communities compare and contrast with other underserved groups. It also examines how changes are taking place within specific Latino groups particularly between first and second generation Cubans, returning Puerto Ricans, Dominican poverty, and emergent Mexican leaders in the New England area. The opportunities that Latinos and dominant mainstream interests share are identified in this volume, but so are the many areas in need of change. In this current atmosphere of anger and suspicion toward immigrants, this volume presents an analytical perspective that is too often absent from politically motivated debates about Latinos and their role in a changing society. Undocumented immigrants are often portrayed as people who come to this country to take advantage of a generous welfare system contributing little to the economic and social development of the country. This volume critically examines issues such as the Latino commitment to labor participation, the ways that Latino parents engage in schools and in their communities, health access and social programs, the policing concerns within the Latino community, the academic adjustments made by Latino college students as well as the educational opportunities that exist for Latinos across the country. Unlike publications that seek to summarize knowledge about the Latino population in the United States, Latinos in a Changing Society provides a broader range of insights into the types of policy analysis, research, and public consciousness needed to advance the educational, social, cultural, and political participation and incorporation of Latinos in the new century. This volume critically examines such issues as the disparity in poverty among Latino groups, the lack of access to health services, the Latino commitment to labor participation, the ways that Latino parents engage in schools and in their communities, and the educational dropout rates of Latinos across the country and the underlying causes of those rates. Unlike publications that seek to summarize knowledge about the Latino population in the United States, Latinos in a Changing Society provides a broader range of insights into the types of policy analysis, research, and public consciousness needed to advance the educational, social, cultural, and political participation and incorporation of Latinos in the new century.

Manufacturing Hope and Despair

Author : Ricardo D. Stanton-Salazar
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807775339
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Manufacturing Hope and Despair written by Ricardo D. Stanton-Salazar and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relying on a wealth of ethnographic and statistical data, this groundbreaking volume documents the many constraints and social forces that prevent Mexican-origin adolescents from constructing the kinds of networks that provide access to important forms of social support. Special attention is paid to those forms of support privileged youth normally receive and working-class youth do not, such as expert guidance regarding college opportunities. The author also reveals how some working-class ethnic minority youth become the exception, weaving social webs that promote success in school as well as empowering forms of resiliency. In both cases, the role of social networks in shaping young people’s chances is illuminated. “In this badly needed alternative to the individualism that pervades most debates about American education, Stanton-Salazar explores how Latino teenagers’ lives are embedded within social networks from home, community, and school. This grand work shows how school programs can confound or can draw from the strengths of such networks to build better lives for all.” —Bruce J. Biddle, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Sociology, University of Missouri–Columbia “A beautifully written and inspiring book that announces a new generation of Mexican/Latino scholars. . . . This is a book which tells the tale about Mexican/Latino adolescents but, in reality, it is a book about how working-class adolescent life is socially constructed, defined, and elaborated in the United States. An eloquent rendering, indeed.” —Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez, Presidential Chair in Anthropology, University of California, Riverside “Using creative theorizing and rigorous methodology, Manufacturing Hope and Despair illuminates brilliantly the supposed mystery of persistent race/class inequities in American society.” —Walter R. Allen, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

High-achieving, Low Income, First-generation Latino Community College Students

Author : Verónica Ventura González
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (884 download)

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Download or read book High-achieving, Low Income, First-generation Latino Community College Students written by Verónica Ventura González and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though an increasing number of Latino students is attending college upon graduation from high school, the vast majority of these students, even if they are high-achieving students who could attend a four-year college or university, choose to enroll into two-year community colleges. This study discusses the process by which high-achieving, low-income, first-generation Latino students make college choices. This study uses McDonough's college choice model and Stanton-Salazar's social capital framework on institutional and protective agents to analyze student interview data to help explain how social class, schooling experiences, families, and student perceptions impact college choices and opportunities for Latino students. The results of this study and previous research suggest educational practices and policies which would improve young Latino's access to four-year colleges.

Involving Latino Families in Schools

Author : Concha Delgado Gaitan
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1483362493
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Involving Latino Families in Schools written by Concha Delgado Gaitan and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2004-03-12 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author provides practical strategies for cultivating communication with Latino parents and including the Latino family in developing sustained academic improvement.

The Bilingual Advantage

Author : Rebecca M. Callahan
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1783092440
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book The Bilingual Advantage written by Rebecca M. Callahan and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bilingual Advantage draws together researchers from education, economics, sociology, anthropology and linguistics to examine the economic and employment benefits of bilingualism in the US labor market, countering past research that shows no such benefits exist. Collectively, the authors draw on novel methodological approaches and new data to examine the economics of bilingualism for the new generation of bilinguals entering a digital-age globalized workforce. The authors also pay considerable attention to how to best capture measures of bilingualism and biliteracy, given the constraints of most existing datasets.

Exploring Outlooks of First-generation Latino Parents

Author : Violetta A. Lopez
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book Exploring Outlooks of First-generation Latino Parents written by Violetta A. Lopez and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communication between parents and school personnel plays a significant role in student achievement. Spanish-speaking parents are rather hesitant to seek assistance from their child's school as cultural and language barriers have created a mindset that they are not supported, understood, or valued. Key stakeholders in education therefore need to acquire a clearer understanding of the Latino culture in a dire effort to better serve Hispanic students in high school and their families. This study examined the perceptions of first-generation Latino parents of high school students while identifying parental needs to improve their child's college readiness upon completion of high school. It also investigated high school graduation rates and student dropout rates across the United States as well as effective and efficient ways in which the school can enhance the provision of school-related resources to their students. There is wide consensus that parental involvement (including home-based involvement, home-school communication, and school-based involvement) is essential for student success. Despite this understanding, there exists a gap in literature regarding the information, resources, and support available to first-generation Latino parents with children in high school. Using a conceptual framework that draws on theories of cultural and social capital, and a qualitative approach that included field notes, focus groups, and interviews, this study investigated the expectations, lived experiences, perceptions, and practices of 29 Latino immigrant parents of high school students in relation to their child's secondary school. The findings of this study, which suggest varying levels of parental involvement, were organized around four themes: aspirations, parental support, school-based knowledge, and student preparation.

The Role of Resistance and Social Capital in Facilitating Latino/a College Success

Author : Patricia Sánchez-Connally
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Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The Role of Resistance and Social Capital in Facilitating Latino/a College Success written by Patricia Sánchez-Connally and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation examines the relationship between race and educational achievement among inner city, low income, first generation, and high achieving Latino/a students. Research on students of color has focused on cultural deficit models, which portray students as culturally deprived and proposes cultural assimilation as the solution (Nieto 2010; Delpit 2006; Solórzano and Yosso 2002). As a way to contest these models, I describe the role of Academic Support and College Readiness Program (ASP) as a place where community cultural wealth (Yosso 2005) is being created and transferred. Community cultural wealth is an alternative concept that uses Critical Race Theory (CRT) to challenge interpretations of traditional cultural capital theories. It is defined as knowledge, skills and contacts possessed and utilized by Communities of Color to resist different forms of oppression (Yosso 2005; Solórzano and Yosso 2002). While many studies focus on evaluating academic support programs, this study focuses exclusively on students' experiences and the role of ASP in facilitating their success. I conducted participant observation and forty-seven interviews with students who reside in La Esperanza, a city about forty minutes north of Boston. I explore how they interpret their roles as children of immigrants, high school students, college students, siblings, role models and risk takers. My results highlight the need for scholars and educators to move away from negative discourse regarding students of color and learn more about how communities of color create cultural wealth to resist different forms of oppression.

Creating a College Culture for Latino Students

Author : Concha Delgado Gaitan
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1452257701
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Book Synopsis Creating a College Culture for Latino Students by : Concha Delgado Gaitan

Download or read book Creating a College Culture for Latino Students written by Concha Delgado Gaitan and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we ensure that more Latino students have the opportunity to pursue higher education? Based on lessons learned from successful college bound programs and research on Latino students, this book provides K-12 educators with a comprehensive guide to preparing and motivating Latino students to attend college. Learn how you can create a college-going culture through: High expectations Goal setting Taking rigorous courses Exposure to college environments from an early age Parental involvement throughout the K-12 experience Early socialization beginning in the early grades

Building on Cultural Capital of Low-income Hispanic Parents and Families in Elementary School

Author : Jean Ellen Gottlob
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Building on Cultural Capital of Low-income Hispanic Parents and Families in Elementary School written by Jean Ellen Gottlob and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Missing Piece of the Puzzle

Author : Pedro Atilano-Molina Portillo
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Missing Piece of the Puzzle written by Pedro Atilano-Molina Portillo and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study aimed to take asset-based approach and identify Latino male students who were persisting in college, and to identify what strategies made them successful. This qualitative study consulted Tinto's revised student departure model, Bourdieu's theory of cultural capital, as well as Yosso's theory of community cultural wealth. A phenomenological design was utilized to identify the shared experience of first-generation Latino male college students who had persisted in college and maintained a 3.0 grade point average. Findings revealed that Latino students entered college with goals to provide better opportunities for the next generation. They encountered unfamiliarity, culture shock, and marginalization, all obstacles centered not on academic preparedness, but on unfamiliarity with the environment. They used their linguistic, navigational, and aspirational capital to navigate their two worlds. Their cultural upbringing stressed a strong commitment to family and community, i.e. familismo. They found community among in-group peers and college staff. This support network provided what Laura Rendon refers to as validating experiences. Once familismo was obtained they gained a sense of belonging and grew their cultural capital to become familiar with the college going culture. The learned the rules of the game which enabled students to focus on their goal of earning a college degree.

College Completion for Latino/a Students: Institutional and System Approaches

Author : Melissa L. Freeman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111919377X
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book College Completion for Latino/a Students: Institutional and System Approaches written by Melissa L. Freeman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-12-04 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latino/as are the fastest growing demographic in the United States. Despite recent gains in postsecondary enrollment, the Latino/a population is severely underrepresented when it comes to baccalaureate attainment. Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) will play a critical role in turning the tide, but there is little existing research about these institutions. This volume synthesizes: Existing research on HSIs, emerging HSIs, as well as research about Latino/a students themselves, A wide range of best practices across institutional types, and Examples of service to undocumented students in states where they do and do not quality for in-state tuition benefits. Topics include Latino/a undergraduate student success, graduate student success, community colleges, four-year institutions, financial aid, and undocumented students. This is the 172nd volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Higher Education. Addressed to presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other higher education decision makers on all kinds of campuses, it provides timely information and authoritative advice about major issues and administrative problems confronting every institution.

Transforming Understandings of Diversity in Higher Education

Author : Penny A. Pasque
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000980189
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Transforming Understandings of Diversity in Higher Education written by Penny A. Pasque and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting new text examines one of the most important and yet elusive terms in higher education and society: What do we mean when we talk in a serious way about “diversity”? A distinguished group of diversity scholars explore the latest discourse on diversity and how it is reflected in research and practice. The chapters trace how the discourse on diversity is newly shaped after many of the 20th century concepts of race, ethnicity, gender and class have lost authority. In the academic disciplines and in public discourse, perspectives about diversity have been rapidly shifting in recent years. This is especially true in the United States where demographic changes and political attitudes have prompted new observations—some which will clash with traditional frameworks.This text brings together scholars whose research has opened up new ways to understand the complexities of diversity in higher education. Because the essential topic under consideration is changing so quickly, the editors of this volume also have asked the contributors to reflect on the paths their own scholarship has taken in their careers, and to see how they would relate their current conceptualization of diversity to one or more of three identified themes (demography, democracy and discourse). Each chapter ends with a candid graduate student interview of the author that provides an engaged picture of how the authors wrestle with one of the most complicated topics shaping them (and all of us) as individuals and as scholars. Of interest to anyone who is following the debates about diversity issues on our campuses, the book also offers a wonderful introduction to graduate students entering a discipline where critically important ideas are still very much alive for discussion.

Critical Readings on Latinos and Education

Author : Enrique G Murillo Jr
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429664818
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Critical Readings on Latinos and Education written by Enrique G Murillo Jr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-14 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical anthology showcases an interdisciplinary forum of scholars sharing a common interest in the analysis, discussion, critique, and dissemination of educational issues impacting Latinos. Drawing on the best of the past 20 years of the Journal of Latinos and Education, the collection highlights work that has been seminal in addressing complex educational issues affecting and influencing the growing Latina and Latino population. Chapters discuss the production and application of wisdom and knowledge to real-world problems while engaging and collaborating with the interests of key stakeholders in other sectors outside the "traditional" academy. Organized thematically around issues related to policy, research, practice, and creative and literary works, the collection is sure to extend and encourage novel ways of thinking about the ongoing and emerging questions around the unifying thread of Latinos and education.

High-Achieving Latino Students

Author : Susan J. Paik
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1648020127
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book High-Achieving Latino Students written by Susan J. Paik and published by IAP. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High-Achieving Latino Students: Successful Pathways Toward College and Beyond addresses a long-standing need for a book that focuses on the success, not failure, of Latino students. While much of the existing research works from a deficit lens, this book uses a strength-based approach to support Latino achievement. Bringing together researchers and practitioners, this unique book provides research-based recommendations from early to later school years on “what works” for supporting high achievement. Praise for High-Achieving Latino Students "This book focuses on an important issue about which we know little. There are many lessons here for both scholars and educators who believe that Latino students can succeed. I congratulate the authors for taking on this timely and significant topic." ~ Guadalupe Valdés, Ph.D., Bonnie Katz Tenenbaum Professor in Education, Stanford University. Author of Con Respeto: Bridging the Distances Between Culturally Diverse Families and Schools "This is a must-read book for leaders in institutions of both K-12 and higher education who want to better understand success factors of Latino students in the US. Using a strength-based framework to understand and support Latino achievement is a new paradigm that must be considered by all." ~ Loui Olivas, Ed.D., President, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education "In addition to being the right book at the right time, these editors should be congratulated for giving us a stellar example of how a research-practice collaboration comes together to produce such a valuable and lasting contribution to the field of school reform and improvement. Those who work in schools, universities, think tanks and policymaking centers have been waiting anxiously for this kind of book, and it’s now here." ~ Carl A. Cohn, Ed.D., Former Executive Director, California Collaborative for Educational Excellence, CA State Board of Education member, and Superintendent "There may not be a silver bullet for solving the so-called problem of Latino underachievement, but well-conceived solutions do exist. This powerful book offers strength- and asset-based frameworks that demonstrate Latino achievement is possible. Read this text to not only get informed, but to also get nurtured and inspired!" ~ Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D., Professor in Education, University of Texas at Austin. Author of Subtractive Schooling: US-Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring