Gándara, Patricia C. <br/><br/>
The Latino education crisis :  the consequences of failed social policies / 
Patricia Gándara, Frances Contreras. 
 - Cambridge, Massachusetts :  Harvard University Press,  2009. 
 - 415 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-403).and index. 
<br/><br/>The crisis and the context --- On being Latino or Latina in America --- American schools and the Latino student experience --- Is language the problem? --- Inside the lives of Puente students --- Beating the odds and going to college --- The costs and effectiveness of intervention --- Rescatando suenos, rescuing dreams 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674031272 067403127X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hispanic Americans--Education<br/>Hispanic Americans  students--Social conditions<br/>Hispanonorteamericanos--Educación.<br/>Estudiantes hispanoamericanos--Situación social.--Estados Unidos
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC 2669  / G195l 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>37(=1.7/.8:73) 308-057.87(=1.7/.8:73)