{"product_id":"potholes-in-the-road-9780520387119","title":"Potholes in the Road","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEducation has been increasingly lauded as the path to achieving the American Dream, and in this book Martín Sánchez-Jankowski uses extensive ethnographic research to explore the dynamics of the interrelated barriers that low-income students must surpass in order to make transitions successfully from high school to college.With rigor and compassion, and engaging in participant observation to examine how individual students confront the education system, Potholes in the Road shows how obstacles related to issues of structure, culture, and agency make achieving the American Dream through education particularly challenging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lists of Figures and Tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 • The Politics of Educational Management\u003cbr\u003e 2 • The Interface of Family and School\u003cbr\u003e 3 • School Organization and Its Challenges\u003cbr\u003e 4 • The Impact of Cultural and Social Capital\u003cbr\u003e 5 • Social Tracking In the Educational Process\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Methodological Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742257480023,"sku":"9780520387119","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520387119.jpg?v=1758383803","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/potholes-in-the-road-9780520387119","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}