Leonard A. Valverde

Latino K-12 Schools (eBook, PDF)

Redesigned for Student Success

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a comprehensive guide for educators and policy makers who are ready to create schools for Latinos (particularly Mexican Americans), such that students will be successful in learning and achieving in K-12 grades and college and help to advance society in the 21st century. The contents address how to redefine schools for a new century and goes well beyond school reform. It speaks to educators on adopting a positive mindset, one that sees Latinos with assets, not deficits and on expanding the school's purpose to serve not just students but the local community. The author also emphasizes how to gain better understanding about Latino students and families, to lose stereotypic thinking, to engage families and local community resources in a more productive way, to gather information and help evaluate school/program effectiveness (and not just testing students on standardized test), and how schools can help themselves develop much needed financial and human resources.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216343844
• Artikelnr.: 74833444

Autorenporträt

Dr. Leonard A. Valverde is a professor emeritus from Arizona State University. His 45 years in education spans over both K-12 public schools, higher education, two-year colleges, and undergraduate/graduate level universities. He has focused on teaching, supervision of instruction, and administration, covering both national and international study.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Baltazar Acevedo, Jr.
Preface: U.S. Future Success Based on Latino Student Success
Acknowledgements
Part I: Creating Anew
Chapter 1: The 21st Century, Latinos and Education
Chapter 2: A School Suited for Its Estudiantes and Community
Part II: New Organization to Meet the Greater Demand/Needs
Chapter 3: Building Capacity and Creating Flexibility
Chapter 4: Generating More Resources: Human Capital and Funding
Part III: Inserting Hope, Welcoming Campuses and Enriching Communities
Chapter 5: A School Filled with Caring Adults Fostering Learning and Growth
Chapter 6: Teachers: Reducing Biases to Get Better Student Learning by
Patricia Guerra
Part IV: Programmatic Efforts Designed Specifically for Latino Students
Chapter 7: Special Education Programs that Work for and Not Against English
Languag Learners by Shernaz B. Garcia
Chapter 8: Gifted Programs (grades K-8) and College Prep (grades 9-12)
Part V: Evaluation, Governance and Leadership
Chapter 9: Assessment for Human Development and Reinvention
Chapter 10: Holding True to Student Life Success and Community Development
Postscript Adelante (Onward)
References
Index
About the Authors