The Elusive Quest for Equality

by Moreno, Jose F.; Morenco, Jose F.

• ISBN13: 9780916690335
• ISBN10: 0916690334
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-01
• Publisher: Harvard Educational Review

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Manuel N. Gomez
Introduction	ix
Acknowledgments	xxi
PART ONE: A HISTORY OF CHICANO/CHICANA EDUCATION
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Racialization of the Mexican Population	3	(28)
Martha Menchaca
The Schooling of Mexicanos in the Southwest, 1848--1891	31	(22)
Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr.
Segregation and the Education of Mexican Children, 1900--1940	53	(24)
Gilbert G. Gonzalez
Chicana/o Education from the Civil Rights Era to the Present	77	(34)
Dolores Delgado Bernal
PART TWO: CHICANO/CHICANA EDUCATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY ERA
Politics Matters: Educational Policy and Chicano Students	111	(12)
Gary Orfield
Educational Testing and Mexican American Students: Problems and Prospects	123	(18)
Richard R. Valencia
Chicanos/as in the United States: Language, Bilingual Education, and Achievement	141	(28)
Eugene E. Garcia
Staying in the Race: The Challenge for Chicanos/as in Higher Education	169	(28)
Patricia Gandara
150 Years of Chicano/a Education: Intergenerational Platica	197	(18)
About the Authors	215	(2)
About the Editor	217