Subtractive Schooling : U. S. - Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring.

Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- The Study -- Mexican Immigrant and Mexican American Achievement -- Immigrant Achievement -- U.S.-Born Underachievement -- The Subtractive Elements of Caring and Cultural Assimilation -- Caring and Education -- Subtractive Assimilation -- Social Capital -- Unmasking Barriers to Progress -- Chapter 2 Seguín High School in Historical Perspective: Mexican Americans' Struggle for Equal Educational Opportunity in Houston -- The Early Years -- Changing Demographics and the "Mexicanization" of the East End and Seguín High -- Ross v. Eckels and the Struggle for Just Integration -- The Court Order -- The Boycott -- Impact on Seguín -- Magnet Schools -- The Seguín School Walkout -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Teacher-Student Relations and the Politics of Caring -- Teacher Caring -- The "Uncaring Student" Prototype -- "Americanized" Immigrant Youth -- "Not Caring" as Student Resistance -- Caring and Pedagogy -- When Teachers Do Not Initiate Relation -- Contributions and Limitations of the Caring and Education Literature -- Love is One Taquito Away -- Chapter 4 Everyday Experiences in the Lives of Immigrant and U.S.-Born Youth -- The Experience of Schooling for Mexican Immigrant Youth -- Urban Youth from Monterrey -- English-Speaking Immigrants -- Pre-Literate Youth -- Immigrant Youth and the Question of Empeño -- Cross-Generational Gender and Social Capital -- Social Capital among U.S.-Born Youth -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Subtractive Schooling and Divisions among Youth -- Relationships and the "Politics of Difference" -- Subtractive Schooling -- Divisions among Youth -- Attitudes among Immigrant Groups -- Attitudes among Mixed-Generation Groups -- Attitudes among U.S.-born Groups -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Unity in Resistance to Schooling.

Mutiny in Mr. Chilcoate's Classroom -- Cinco de Mayo, 1993 -- The Talent Show -- Chapter 7 Conclusion -- Epilogue: Some Final Thoughts -- Appendix: Research Methodology -- Participant Observation -- Group Interviews -- Documentary Evidence -- Why I Chose Juan Seguín High School As My Site -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Provides an enhanced sense of what's required to genuinely care for and educate the U.S.-Mexican youth in America.

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