Hispanic Apartheid in American Public Education

Medina, Marcello

doi:10.1177/0013161x88024003012

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“…Yet calls to address these inequities are nothing new. More than 20 years ago, Medina (1988) noted the rapid demographic growth of Hispanic students was being met with increasing segregation within and across schools and high rates of failure and dropout, perpetuating "Hispanic economic and social apartheid" (p. 346). Concomitantly, empirical literature has examined effective educational practices for CLD students for decades (e.g., Lucas, Henze, & Donato, 1990) and addresses this concern from many angles.…”

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¡Vamos! How School Leaders Promote Equity and Excellence for Bilingual Students

Scanlan

López

2012

Educational Administration Quarterly

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Background: Focusing on culturally and linguistically diverse students, this article presents a narrative synthesis of empirical evidence guiding school leaders to promote educational equity and excellence. Research Design: This study employs a tripartite theoretical model that emphasizes cultivating language proficiency, providing access to high-quality curriculum, and promoting sociocultural integration. Using this as an organizing framework, the article presents a review of 79 empirical articles published from 2000 to 2010. Findings: The article explains how school leaders can use research literature to craft effective and integrated service delivery for their culturally and linguistically diverse students.

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¡Vamos! How School Leaders Promote Equity and Excellence for Bilingual Students

Scanlan

López

2012

Educational Administration Quarterly

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“…Long identified in the education literature as educationally vulnerable at every level of the educational pipeline (Banks, 2001;De La Rosa & Maw, 1990;Medina, 1988;Nieto, 2000;Trueba, 1988;Wilson & Justiz, 1988), Latino students in the United States have in fact made some progress in the past decade.…”

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Los Helados del Norte (The Frozen Ones from the North): Latino Students at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Reyes

2002

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

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In Alaska, Latinos represent about 4% of the state's population and have been identified as the second fastest growing minority group in the state. This descriptive study looked at a small sample of Latino students attending the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, where they constituted2% of the student enrollment in 2001. In conclusion, Alaska, generally perceived as having a hostile environment due to its geographic isolation and extreme weather conditions, appears to be a hospitable state for many Latinos.

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“…Medina (1988Medina ( , 1990 suggested that three contemporaneous public policy agenda have engendered an increasingly ethnocentric policy environment for Hispanics. Heated public debate regarding the issues of immigration reform, official language amendments, and native language instruction have resulted in an unfavorable national mood toward Hispanics.…”

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