Ebook: The Other Struggle for Equal Schools : Mexican Americans During the Civil Rights Era
Author: Rubén Donato
- Tags: Mexican Americans -- Education -- History -- 20th century., Children of migrant laborers -- Education -- United States -- History -- 20th century., School integration -- United States -- History -- 20th century., EDU000000, POL004000
- Series: SUNY Series the Social Context of Education Ser.
- Year: 1997
- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- City: Albany, United States
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Contrary to popular belief that the struggle for educational opportunity during the civil rights era was waged exclusively by African Americans, this fascinating book shows that the Mexican American population challenged discriminatory educational practice more than was portrayed by the media.Examining the Mexican American struggle for equal education during the 1960s and 1970s in the Southwest in general and in a California community in particular, Donato challenges conventional wisdom that Mexican Americans were passive victims, accepting their educational fates. He looks at how Mexican American parents confronted the relative tranquility of school governance, how educators responded to increasing numbers of Mexican Americans in schools, how school officials viewed problems faced by Mexican American children, and why educators chose specific remedies. Finally, he examines how federal, state, and local educational policies corresponded with the desires of the Mexican American community.Ruben Donato is Professor of Educational Foundations, Policy, and Practice at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the author of Mexicans and Hispanos in Colorado Schools and Communities, 1920-1960, also published by SUNY Press.
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