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Increasing Immigrant Settlement and the Challenges and Opportunities for Public Education in Charlotte, North Carolina
US Latinization: Education and the New Latino South (2017)
  • Paul N. McDaniel, Kennesaw State University
  • Susan B. Harden
  • Heather A. Smith
  • Owen J. Furuseth
Abstract
Demonstrates how educators and policymakers should treat the intertwined nature of immigrant education and social progress in order to improve current policies and practices. Offering a much-needed dialogue about Latino demographic change in the United States and its intersections with P–20 education, US Latinization provides discussions that help move beyond the outdated idea that Mexican and Spanish (language) are synonyms. This nativist logic has caused “Mexican rooms” to re-emerge in the form of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) transitional programs, tagging Latinos as “Limited English Proficient” in ways that contribute to persisting educational gaps. Spencer Salas and Pedro R. Portes bring together voices that address the social and geographical nature of achievement and that serve as a theoretical or methodological resource for educational leaders and policy makers committed to access, equity, and educational excellence.
Publication Date
Spring March, 2017
Editor
Spencer Salas and Pedro R. Portes
Publisher
SUNY Press
ISBN
978-1-4384-6499-2
Citation Information
Paul N. McDaniel, Susan B. Harden, Heather A. Smith and Owen J. Furuseth. "Increasing Immigrant Settlement and the Challenges and Opportunities for Public Education in Charlotte, North Carolina" AlbanyUS Latinization: Education and the New Latino South (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/paul-mcdaniel/14/