Latina/O/X Education in Chicago: Roots, Resistance, and Transformation

Book Overview

In this collection, local experts use personal narratives and empirical data to explore the history of Mexican American and Puerto Rican education in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) system. The essays focus on three themes: the historical context of segregated and inferior schooling for Latina/o/x students; the changing purposes and meanings of education for Latina/o/x students from the 1950s through today; and Latina/o/x resistance to educational...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252044509
• ISBN13: 9780252044502
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 254 Pages