Academic profiling [electronic resource] : Latinos, Asian Americans, and the achievement gap / Gilda L. Ochoa.
" Today the achievement gap is hotly debated among pundits, politicians, and educators. In particular this conversation often focuses on the two fastest-growing demographic groups in the United States: Asian Americans and Latinos. In Academic Profiling, Gilda L. Ochoa addresses this so-called gap by...
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Language: | English |
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Minneapolis, MN :
University of Minnesota Press,
2013.
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Academic Profiling: Latinos, Asian Americans, and the Achievement Gap |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
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- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Academic Profiling at a Southern California High School
- Part I: Prevailing Ideologies and School Structures
- 1. Framing the "Gap": Dominant Discourses of Achievement
- 2. Welcome to High School: Tracking from Middle School to International Baccalaureate Programs
- Part II: School Practices and Family Resources
- 3. "I'm Watching Your Group": Regulating Students Unequally
- 4. "Parents Spend Half a Million on Tutoring": Standardized Tests and Tutoring Gaps
- Part III: Everyday Relationships and Forms of Resistance
- 5. "They Just Judge Us by Our Cover": Students' Everyday Experiences with Race
- 6. "Breaking the Mindset": Forms of Resistance and Change
- 7. Processes of Change: Cycles of Reflection, Dialogue, and Implementation
- Conclusion: Possibilities and Pitfalls in Any School U.S.A.
- Appendix: Student Participants, Staffulty, and Parents
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.