“Hispanics” don’t value education?

Ok I don’t have the time to really get into this right now but I need to say something right now. I was listening to Herman Badillo speak on C-Span earlier and though he mentioned many substantially sound things, he also said something that I couldn’t believe. He had the nerve to say that Hispanics [...]

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Thoughts on the ways that many Mexican immigrant families relate to U.S. educational institutions

 
Question #3 In her study, Con Respeto, Valdés describes the difficulty and confusion many of the immigrant parents experienced due to their lack of familiarity with U.S. institutions. What were some of the ways in which the families did not understand how the school systems worked, and how did this affect the schooling outcomes of [...]

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A recent work in progress…

 
Producing Dropouts: How Schools Create Latino Dropouts  through the Policy of Discipline
            “Studies indicate that approximately four of every five disruptive students can be traced to some dysfunction in the way that schools are organized, staff members are trained, or schools are run (U.S. Department of Education, 2000, p.10)”
                The fact that the Latino dropout [...]

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