[lg policy] book notice: Persistent Inequality: Contemporary Realities in the Education of Undocumented Latina/o Students

[Harold Schiffman]

>>From the Bookshelves: Persistent Inequality: Contemporary Realities in
the Education of Undocumented Latina/o Students By Maria Pabon Lopez,
Gerardo R. Lopez
Here is a book on a very topical pubic policy issue by two great authors:


Persistent Inequality: Contemporary Realities in the Education of
Undocumented Latina/o Students By Maria Pabon Lopez, Gerardo R. Lopez.

Published by: Routledge • Publication Date: 18th November 2009.

About the Book:  The children of undocumented migrants in the U.S. are
trapped at the intersection of two systems in crisis: the public
education system and the immigration law system. Based on a long
tradition of scholarship in Latino education and on newer critical
race theory ideas, Persistent Inequality answers burning questions
about how educational policy has to rise to meet the unique challenges
of undocumented students’ lives as well as those which face nearly all
Latinos in the U.S. educational system. How solid is the Supreme Court
precedent, Plyler v. Doe, that allows undocumented children the
opportunity to attend public K-12 school free of charge? What would
happen if the Supreme Court overruled it? What is the DREAM Act and
how would this proposed federal law affect the lives of undocumented
students? How have immigration raids affected public children and
school administrators? To shed some light on these vital questions,
the authors provide a critical analysis of the various legal and
policy aspects of the U.S. educational system, asserting that both the
legal and educational systems in this country need to address the
living and working conditions of undocumented Latino students and
remove the obstacles to educational achievement which these students
struggle with daily.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Undocumented Students in the United States: An
Educational and Critical Overview

1. Examination of Plyler v. Doe and its Aftermath, Including
Additional Bases for Undocumented Students’ Access to Public Education

2. Documented Dreams, the Underground Railroad and Underground
Undergraduates: Extending Plyler’s Promise to the Higher Education and
the Use of Undocumented Student Movements to Achieve this Goal

3. Speak No Evil: Language Education Policy: From Lau to the Unz
Initiatives and Beyond

4. Accountability under No Child Left Behind: Implications for
Undocumented Students

5. Examining Potential Dangers of the Law in the School House:
Critical Implications for Undocumented Students Regarding Racial
Privacy Initiatives and Immigration School Raids

Conclusion

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