Additive schooling in subtractive times : bilingual education and Dominican immigrant youth in the Heights / Lesley Bartlett and Ofelia Garcia ; foreword by Angela Valenzuela.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-278) and index.
Contents
Introduction: schooling immigrant youth -- In the Heights: Dominican youth immigrate to New York -- Education policy as social context -- From subtractive to additive schooling: the history of Gregorio Luperon High School -- Languaging at Luperon -- Challenges facing immigrant youth at Luperon -- Social capital and additive schooling at Luperon -- The political economy of education: trajectories of Luperon students through school and beyond -- Educating immigrant youth: lessons learned.
