TY - BOOK AU - Gándara,Patricia C. AU - Contreras,Frances TI - The Latino education crisis: the consequences of failed social policies SN - 9780674031272 AV - LC 2669 G195l 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - Harvard University Press KW - Hispanic Americans KW - Education KW - Hispanic Americans students KW - Social conditions KW - Hispanonorteamericanos KW - Educación KW - Estudiantes hispanoamericanos KW - Estados Unidos KW - Situación social N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-403).and index; 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 ER -