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The Consequences Of Failed Social Policies
Harvard University Press
January 2009
On Sale: January 15, 2009
432 pages
ISBN: 067403127X
EAN: 9780674031272
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
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 nation’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 school
systems, where one in five students is Latino. Many live in
poor and dangerous neighborhoods, attend impoverished and
underachieving schools, and are raised by parents who speak
little English and are the least educated of any ethnic group. The effects for the families, the community, and the nation
are sobering. Latino children are behind on academic
measures by the time they enter kindergarten. And while
immigrant drive propels some to success, most never catch
up. Many drop out of high school and those who do go on to
college—often ill prepared and overworked—seldom finish. Revealing and disturbing, The Latino Education Crisis is a
call to action and will be essential reading for everyone
involved in planning the future of American schools.
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