Inequality, Power and School Success - 9781138837881

Taylor & Francis

Inequality, Power and School SuccessCase Studies on Racial Disparity and Opportunity in Education\nAuthor(s): Gilberto Conchas, Michael Gottfried\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138837881, 978-1138837881\nSynopsis\nThis volume highlights issues of power, inequality, and resistance for Asian, African American, and Latino/a students in distinct [url] and international contexts. Through a collection of case studies it links universal issues relating to inequality in education, such as Asian, Latino, and African American males in the inner-city neighborhoods, Latina teachers and single mothers in California, undocumented youth from Mexico and El Salvador, immigrant Morrocan youth in Spain, and immigrant Afro-Caribbean and Indian teenagers in New York and in London. The volume explores the processes that keep students thriving academically and socially, and outlines the patterns that exist among individualsstudents, .