Puerto Rican Students in U.S. Schools

by Nieto, Sonia; Nieto, Sonia; Pedraza, Pedro; Rivera, Melissa

• ISBN13: 9780805827651
• ISBN10: 080582765X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

This volume--the first edited book on the education of Puerto Ricans written primarily by Puerto Rican authors--focuses on the history and experiences of Puerto Rican students in the United States by addressing issues of identity, culture, ethnicity, language, gender, social activism, community involvement, and policy implications. It is the first book to both concentrate on the education of Puerto Ricans in particular, and to bring together in one volume, the major and emerging scholars who are developing cutting-edge scholarship in the field. Puerto Rican Students in U.S. Schools: * features both scholarly chapters (conceptual and research studies) and reflective essays, as well as two poems, * combines broad overview studies with classroom practice and social action, and * includes chapters that trace the history of the education of Puerto Ricans in U.S. schools in general and its history in New York City, and one chapter on return migrants.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Overview	xi
Sonia Nieto
PART I: HISTORICAL AND SOCIOPOLITICAL CONTEXT
I Remember	3	(2)
el Cortes
Puerto Rican Students in U.S. Schools: A Brief History	5	(34)
Sonia Nieto
Return Migrant Students: Yankee Go Home?	39	(34)
Xae Alicia Reyes
Moving Around and Moving On	69	(4)
Gillian Rivera
Educational Leadership, Educational Change: A Puerto Rican Perspective	73	(24)
Luis O. Reyes
PART II: IDENTITY: CULTURE, RACE, LANGUAGE, AND GENDER
A Strong Sense of Self Is Crucial for Success	93	(4)
Hipolito Baez
The Struggle of ``Imagined Communities'' in School: Identification, Survival. and Belonging for Puerto Ricans	97	(18)
Catherine E. Walsh
Puerto Rican Identity: What's Language Got to Do With It?	115	(26)
Maria V. Zavala
Black Pearl Unnoticed	137	(4)
Carlos Mills De Jesus, Jr.
Puerto Rican Female Narratives About Self, School, and Success	141	(26)
Carmen A. Rolon
Puerto Rican Mothering Strategies: The Role of Mothers and Grandmothers in Promoting School Success	167	(36)
Nitza M. Hidalgo
PART III: SOCIAL ACTIVISM, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
A Different Kind of School	199	(4)
Alicia Lopez
The Puerto Rican/Latino Education Roundtable: Seeking Unity in Vision and Organizing for Educational Change	203	(20)
Diana Caballero
The Spirit of Transformation: An Education Reform Movement in a New York City Latino/a Community	223	(26)
Melissa Rivera
Pedro Pedraza
PART IV: CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL STUDIES
The Counselor	247	(2)
Shaggy
Social Action Projects: Apprenticeships for Change in School and Community	249	(20)
Milga Morales
Elvira R. Tarr
Teachers Don't Care	267	(2)
Jose Manuel Caraballo
Puerto Rican/Latino Student Voices: Stand and Deliver	269	(28)
Maria E. Torres-Guzman
Yvonne Martinez Thorne
Teachers Who Made a Difference	293	(4)
Elizabeth Capifali
Student Agency Through Collaborative Research in Puerto Rican Communities	297	(36)
Carmen I. Mercado
Luis C. Moll
PART V: DIRECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
Afterword	333	(6)
Janice Petrovich Beiso
About the Contributors	339	(8)
Author Index	347	(6)
Subject Index	353