Latino High School Graduation

Defying the Odds

Author: Harriett Romo
Secondary Author: Toni Falbo
ISBN: 0292724942

"The authors focus on stories of 'students who graduate from high school against the odds'—especially gratifying since Hispanic youth drop out at about twice the rate of non-Hispanic whites. Romo and Falbo emphasize strategies the students, their parents, and the schools used to achieve graduation. . . . The longitudinal data and combination of qualitative and quantitative data strengthen the study and give it significance."—Choice"This book ...tells stories about Hispanic community life, family life, gang life, and about what it means to be an at-risk kid trying to make it.... I have yet to read a similar book attempting this magnitude of diversity with the skill found here."—Nestor Rodrguez, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of HoustonWhile high school drop-out rates have steadily declined among white and African American students over the last twenty years, a constant 35 percent of Latino students continue to quit school before graduation. In this pioneering work, H

Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publish Date: 1996

Subjects: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Raza Recource Centro (Location: Wall D, Shelf 1)