The Latino Education Crisis: The Consequences of Failed Social Policies

by Patricia Gándara and Frances Contreras

Book Overview

Will the United States have an educational caste system in 2030? Drawing on both extensive demographic data and compelling case studies, this powerful book reveals the depths of the educational crisis looming for Latino students, the nationrs"s largest and most rapidly growing minority group.Richly informative and accessibly written, The Latino Education Crisis describes the cumulative disadvantages faced by too many children in the complex American...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067403127X
• ISBN13: 9780674031272
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 415 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.5"