Latino Families Challenging Exclusion in a Middle School: A Story from the Trenches

Autor/in	Jasis, Pablo
Titel	Latino Families Challenging Exclusion in a Middle School: A Story from the Trenches
Quelle	In: School Community Journal, 23 (2013) 1, S.111-130 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-308X
Schlagwörter	Equal Education; Educational Quality; Student Experience; Middle Schools; Hispanic Americans; Parents; Educational Improvement; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Empowerment; Social Change; Activism; Junior High Schools; Social Bias + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Studienerfahrung; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Eltern; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Sozialer Wandel; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Sekundarstufe I
Abstract	This study examines a grassroots, school-centered parent and family organizing effort from the actual "trenches" in the struggle for equity and excellence in education. This is an exploration of the intrinsic value and the complex dynamics of the organizing process of a small group of Latino immigrant parents struggling to improve their children's educational opportunities at their local middle school. It is based on a microanalysis of the parents' interactions, exploring the process of awareness and mobilization as the participant families challenged established school policies and practices they perceived as discriminatory towards the education of their children. It chronicles and examines the process by which the participating families and their children increased their visibility in the school community, eventually gaining access to more challenging instruction and to an improved school experience. The author examines the parents' process of engagement at the school by focusing on specific moments and interactions called trigger events, which play a critical role in the parents' mobilization. These events galvanize and inspire their increased participation in a process marked by initial feelings of indignation and alienation but which, over time, engages the participants in a journey of joint discovery, collaboration, and hope. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10