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Potholes in the road : transition problems for low-income youth in high school / Mart�in S�anchez-Jankowski.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]Description: 1 online resource (xv, 269 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520387126
  • 0520387120
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Potholes in the roadDDC classification:
  • 373.1826/940973 23/eng/20211018
LOC classification:
  • LC208.4 .S26 2022
Online resources:
Contents:
The politics of educational management -- The interface of family and school -- School organization and its challenges -- The impact of cultural and social capital -- Social tracking In the educational process -- Conclusion.
Summary: "As education has been increasingly lauded as the path to achieving the 'American Dream,' Mart�in S�anchez-Jankowski utilizes extensive participant observation to examine how low-income students navigate the education system. With compassion and rigor, Potholes in the Road explores the dynamics of the multiple interrelated obstacles that low-income students must surpass in order to make educational transitions successfully from high school to college. Using extensive ethnographic research, S�anchez-Jankowski explores the mythic pull of the 'American Dream' and how obstacles of social capital, wealth, and culture make achieving such a dream through education nearly impossible"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The politics of educational management -- The interface of family and school -- School organization and its challenges -- The impact of cultural and social capital -- Social tracking In the educational process -- Conclusion.

"As education has been increasingly lauded as the path to achieving the 'American Dream,' Mart�in S�anchez-Jankowski utilizes extensive participant observation to examine how low-income students navigate the education system. With compassion and rigor, Potholes in the Road explores the dynamics of the multiple interrelated obstacles that low-income students must surpass in order to make educational transitions successfully from high school to college. Using extensive ethnographic research, S�anchez-Jankowski explores the mythic pull of the 'American Dream' and how obstacles of social capital, wealth, and culture make achieving such a dream through education nearly impossible"-- Provided by publisher.

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