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Last Updated: 15-Jun-2015

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Chicana/o studies
Education

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Background information

Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education / Editor, James A. Banks, University of Washington.
Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LC1099 .E38 2012 V.1
"The major aim of this encyclopedia is to describe the most important concepts, theories, research, policies, case studies, and programs at the pre-school through the postsecondary levels and their implications for educational reform. Diversity is defined broadly in this encyclopedia and includes race, ethnicity, social class, gender, sexual orientation (LGBT), religion, language, and exceptionality, which encompasses giftedness and disability." p. xlviii
Annual status report, minorities in higher education.
[Washington, D.C.] : American Council on Education, Office of Minority Concerns,
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LC3731 .A512 ED.24 2010
The Praeger handbook of Latino education in the U.S. / edited by Lourdes Diaz Soto ; foreword by Antonia Darder.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LC2669 .P73 2007 V.1
"A-Z thematic entries written by contemporary scholars" "including major educational perspectives, policies and concerns, significant events, historical figures in the field, and major organizations--provides a comprehensive educational resource..."

New books

Students of color and the achievement gap : systematic challenges, systematic transformations / Richard R. Valencia.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3731 .V346 2015
Rac(e)ing to class : confronting poverty and race in schools and classrooms / H. Richard Milner IV ; [foreword by Tyrone C. Howard].
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press, c2015.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC212.2 .M55 2015
Mexican Americans and education : el saber es poder / Estela Godinez Ballón.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2682 .B35 2015
The plight of invisibility : a community-based approach to understanding the educational experiences of urban Latina/os / Donna Marie Harris & Judy Marquez Kiyama ; with Nancy Ares [and 6 others] ; foreword by René Antrop-González.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2669 .H37 2015
Latino immigrant youth and interrupted schooling : dropouts, dreamers and alternative pathways to college / Marguerite Lukes.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2670 .L84 2015
Engaging the Hispanic learner : ten strategies for using culture to increase achievement / Michele Wages, PhD.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2669 .W34 2015
Practice-oriented.
Diaspora studies in education : toward a framework for understanding the experiences of transnational communities / Rosalie Rolón-Dow & Jason G. Irizarry, Editors.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2692 .D53 2014
Confronting suburban school resegregation in California / Clayton A. Hurd.
1st ed. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC213.22 .C2 H87 2014
Unaccompanied minors : immigrant youth, school choice, and the pursuit of equity / Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press, c2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1027.9 .S265 2014
Latino K-12 schools : redesigned for student success / Leonard A. Valverde.
Second edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2669 .V36 2014
Practice-oriented.
Del otro lado : literacy and migration across the U.S.-Mexico border / Susan V. Meyers.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2683.3 .M49 2014
Death of a suburban dream : race and schools in Compton, California / Emily E. Straus.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA245 .C66 S77 2014
The Latino generation : voices of the new America / Mario T. García.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2670.6 .G37 2014
The duality of women scholars of color : transforming and being transformed in the academy / edited by Gaëtane Jean-Marie, University of Oklahoma, Cosette M. Grant, University of Cincinnati, Beverly J. Irby, Texas A&M University.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2332.3 .D83 2014
Schooling for resilience : improving the life trajectory of Black and Latino boys / Edward Fergus, Pedro Noguera, and Margary Martin.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC1397 .F47 2014
Practice-oriented.
Aztlán Arizona : Mexican American educational empowerment, 1968-1978 / Darius V. Echeverría.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2687 .A6 E45 2014
Immigrant children negotiate school : the border in our hearts / Donna Vukelich-Selva.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2670 .V85 2014
The time is now : understanding and responding to the black and latina/o dropout crisis in the U.S. / Louie F. Rodriguez.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC146.5 .R63 2014
U.S. Latinos and education policy : research-based directions for change / edited by Pedro R. Portes, Spencer Salas, Patricia Baquedano-López, and Paula J. Mellom.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2669 .U27 2014
FirstSchool : transforming PreK-3rd grade for African American, Latino, and low-income children / edited by Sharon Ritchie, Laura Gutmann ; foreword by Aisha Ray.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC4091 .F46 2014
Practice-oriented.
Multicultural education for learners with special needs in the twenty-first century / edited by Festus E. Obiakor, Valdosta State University, Anthony F. Rotatori, Saint Xavier University.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC1099 .M83 2014
Wise Latinas : writers on higher education / edited and with an introduction by Jennifer De Leon.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2670.6 .W57 2014
Latino college presidents : in their own words / edited by David J. León, Ethnic Studies Department, California State University, Sacramento, CA, USA, Rubén O. Martinez, Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2670.6 .L38 2013
Invisible student scientists : how graduate school science and engineering programs shortchange black, Hispanic, and women students / Robert Leslie Fisher.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2371.4 .F58 2014
Raza studies : the public option for educational revolution / edited by Julio Cammarota and Augustine Romero ; foreword by David Stovall.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2688 .T68 R39 2014
College-ready : preparing black and Latina/o youth for higher education, a culturally relevant approach / Michelle G. Knight, Joanne E. Marciano ; foreword by Ronald S. Rochon.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2779 .K55 2013
Practice-oriented.
Chicana/o struggles for education : activism in the community / Guadalupe San Miguel Jr.
1st ed. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2683 .S35 2013
Regarding educación : Mexican-American schooling, immigration, and bi-national improvement / edited by Bryant Jensen, Adam Sawyer ; foreword by Patricia Gándara & Eugene García.
New York : Teachers College Press, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2683 .R45 2013
Chicano education in the era of segregation / Gilbert G. Gonzalez.
Denton, Tex. : UNT Press, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2683.3 .G66 2013
Learning the possible : Mexican American students moving from the margins of life to new ways of being / Reynaldo Reyes III ; with a foreword by Christian J. Faltis.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2682 .R49 2013

Databases

Education databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Related databases

Chicano database [electronic resource].
Berkeley, Calif. : Chicano Studies Library Publications, University of California, c1990-
Green Library » InfoCenter (non-circulating) » E184 .M5 C43
Indexes literature on the Mexican American experience, but also includes the broad Latino experience of Puerto Rican Cuban and Central American immigrants.
Ethnic newsWatch [electronic resource].
[Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Full text articles from newspapers and periodicals published by the ethnic, minority and native press in the U.S. Coverage is from 1960 to date.
HAPI, Hispanic American periodicals index.
Los Angeles, UCLA Latin American Center Publications, University of California.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » AI17 .H5 2006
Over 265,000 journal article citations about Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.

Websites

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI)

"CHCI accomplishes its mission by offering educational and leadership development programs, services, and activities that promote the growth of participants as effective professionals and strong leaders."

Institute for Urban and Minority Education

"For almost forty years, IUME has used advocacy, demonstration, evaluation, information dissemination, research and technical assistance to study and seek to improve the quality of life chances through education in the communities of urban and minority peoples. The Institute continues to focus on the implications of population diversity in the context of the demand for pluralistic competencies for the design and management of teaching and learning transactions in schools and other environments for education."