U.S. Latinos and education policy : research-based directions for change

CONTENTS Foreword Sonia Nieto Editors' Introduction Section I: Policy Concerns about Praxis and Cultural Capital Preservation Chapter 1 National Myopia, Latino Futures, and Educational Policy Pedro R. Portes & Spencer Salas Chapter 2 Thinking through the Decolonial Turn in Research and Praxis: Advancing New Understandings of the Community-School Relation in Latina/o Parent Involvement Patricia Baquedano-Lopez, Sera J. Hernandez & Rebecca A. Alexander Chapter 3 Cultivating a Cadre of Critically Conscious Teachers and "Taking this Country to a Totally New Place" Angela Valenzuela & Patricia D. Lopez Section II: Children of Immigrants in Schools: Global and U.S. Policy Research Chapter 4 Immigration and the American School System: The Second Generation at the Crossroads Alejandro Portes Chapter 5 Divergent Paths to School Adaptation among Children of Immigrants: New Approaches and Insights to Existing Data Cecilia Rios-Aguilar, Manuel S. Gonzalez Canche, & Pedro R. Portes Chapter 6 Recommendations from a Comparative Analysis of Educational Policies and Research for the Achievement of Latinos in the U. S. and Latin Americans in Spain towards Smarter Solutions Martha Montero-Sieburth & Lidia Cabrera Perez Chapter 7 Development and its social, economic, and educational consequences: The case of the Zimapan Hydroelectric Project Sergio Quesada Aldana Chapter 8 Transnational Mobility, Education and Subjectivity: Two Case Examples from Puerto Rico Sandra Soto-Santiago & Luis C. Moll Section III: A Closer Look at Families, Classroom Learning, and Identity Development Chapter 9 Finding a Place: Migration and Education in Mixed-Status Families Ariana Mangual Figueroa Chapter 10 Talking the Walk: Classroom Discourse Strategies that Foster Dynamic Interactions with Latina/o Elementary School English Learners Ruth Harman Chapter 11 Changing the Pedagogical Culture of Schools with Latino English Learners: Re-culturing Instructional Leadership Noni Mendoza Reis & Barbara Flores Chapter 12 Beyond Educational Standards? Latino Student Learning Agency and Identity in Context Richard P. Duran Afterword Eugene E. Garcia Contributors