Latino High School Graduation: Defying the Odds (Hogg Foundation Research Series)

Romo, Harriett D.; Falbo, Toni; Bonjean, Charles M. [Foreword]

ISBN 10: 0292724942 / ISBN 13: 9780292724945

Published by University of Texas Press, 1996

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Ex-Library hardcover with dj in very nice condition with the usual markings and attachments. Except for library markings, interior clean and unmarked. Tight binding.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Latino High School Graduation: Defying the Odds (Hogg Foundation Research Series)
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0292724942
• ISBN 13: 9780292724945
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 26 ounces

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Synopsis

While high school drop-out rates have steadily declined among white and African American students over the last twenty years, a constant 35 percent of Latino students continue to quit school before graduation. In this pioneering work, Harriett Romo and Toni Falbo reveal how a group of at-risk Latino students defied the odds and earned a high school diploma.

Romo and Falbo tracked the progress of 100 students in Austin, Texas, from 1989 to 1993. Drawing on interviews with the students and their parents, school records, and fieldwork in the schools and communities, the authors identify both the obstacles that caused many students to drop out and the successful strategies that other students and their parents pursued to ensure high school graduation.

The authors conclude with seven far-reaching recommendations for changes in the public schools. Sure to provoke debate among all school constituencies, this book will be required reading for school administrators, teachers, parents, legislators, and community leaders.

About the Authors

Harriett Romo is Associate Professor of Sociology at Southwest Texas State University.

Toni Falbo is Professor of Educational Psychology and Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin.