Description
Book SynopsisThe obstacles that cause Latino/a students to drop out of high school, and strategies to overcome them.
Trade Review"The authors focus on stories of 'students who graduate from high school against the odds'-especially gratifying since Hispanic youth drop out at about twice the rate of non-Hispanic whites. Romo and Falbo emphasize strategies the students, their parents, and the schools used to achieve graduation... The longitudinal data and combination of qualitative and quantitative data strengthen the study and give it significance." Choice
Table of Contents
- Foreword by Charles M. Bonjean
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Goals and Methods of This Book
- 2. The Tracking of Hispanic Students: "You're not college material."
- 3. Caught in the Web of School Policies: "Why me?"
- 4. Gang Involvement and Educational Attainment: "My own gang. "
- 5. Teen Motherhood: "I wanted him. "
- 6. Immigrant and Second-Generation Students: "Well, she's Mexican. She's going to drop out. "
- 7. Going for the GED: "I didn't want to be 20 when I graduated."
- 8. Bureaucratic Glitches: " I guess no one wants me. "
- 9. Cultural Boundaries, Family Resources, and Parental Actions: "Don't be like me--stay in school. "
- 10. What Schools Must Do to Improve Graduation Rates: "What would I change? Everything."
- Appendix 1: Parent Questionnaire
- Appendix 2: Student Questionnaire
- Appendix 3: Ethnographic Interview #1--Parent
- Appendix 4: Ethnographic Interview #1--Student
- Appendix 5: Ethnographic Interview #2--Parent
- Appendix 6: Ethnographic Interview #2--Student
- Appendix 7: Telephone Interview--Parent
- Appendix 8: Telephone Interview--Student
- Notes
- Index
