| Over the Ivy Walls: The Educational Mobility of Low-Income Chicanos Contributor(s): Gándara, Patricia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791426092 ISBN-13: 9780791426098 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Bilingual Education |
| Dewey: 371.976 |
| LCCN: 94038546 |
| Series: Suny Series, the Social Context of Education |
| Physical Information: 168 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Unique among literature on minority and Chicano academic achievement, Over the Ivy Walls focuses on factors that create academic successes rather than examining school failure. It weaves existing research on academic achievement into an analysis of the lives of 50 low-income Chicanos for whom schooling "worked" and became an important vehicle for social mobility. G ndara examines their early home lives, school experiences, and peer relations in search of clues to what "went right." |