Educating Latino students : a guide to successful practice / edited by María Luísa González, Ana Huerta-Macías, Josefina Villamil Tinajero.

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Other Authors: González, María Luisa, Huerta-Macías, Ana, Villamil Tinajero, Josefina
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, ©2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Successfully educating Latinos: the pivotal role of the principal / Maria Luisa Gonzalez
  • Learning for Latinos: the sociocultural perspective / Ana Huerta-Macias
  • Fostering the home-school connection for Latinos / Alma Flor Ada, Nancy Jean Smith
  • Developmentally appropriate practice: rethinking the preschool curriculum with Latino families / Elizabeth Quintero
  • Emergent literacy: implications for kindergarten settings / Maria Cristina Gonzalez
  • Learning environments supportive of young Latinos / Cecilia Espinosa, Karen Moore, Irene Serna.
  • Developing language and literacy in bilingual classrooms / Josefina Villamil Tinajero, Sandra Rollins Hurley, Elizabeth Varela Lozano
  • Issues in the teaching of math and science to Latinos / Yolanda de la Cruz
  • Standardized testing of Latino students: a legacy in need of reform / Jozi de Leon, Linda J. Holman
  • Latinos in the United States: a tapestry of diversity / Alicia Salinas Sosa
  • Profile of leadership at the middle-/high-school levels: successful schools and their principals / Maria Luisa Gonzalez, Ana Huerta-Macias.
  • Middle schools for Latinos: a framework for success / Rebecca Benjamin
  • Literacy instruction for middle-school Latinos / Karin M. Wiburg
  • Transforming high schools to meet the needs of Latinos / Julia Rosa Emslie, Juan A. Contreras, Virginia R. Padilla
  • Aspects of successful programs for unschooled Latino immigrants/recent arrivals at the secondary level / Nancy J. Lucas
  • Alternative assessment for Latino students / Ann del Vecchio, Cyndee Gustke, Judith Wilde
  • Creating a climate for critical systemic assessment / Christopher Nelson, Cecilia Navarrete, Paul Martinez.