(NAME-MCE) New Book - Contemporary Realities in the Education of Undocumented Latina/o Students

[Anselmo Villanueva]

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From: Lopez, Maria Pabon <malopez at iupui.edu>
Date: Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 7:50 PM
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 *Persistent Inequality: Contemporary Realities in the Education of
Undocumented Latina/o Students*

*By Maria Pabon Lopez, Gerardo R. Lopez *

http://www.routledgeeducation.com/books/Persistent-Inequality-isbn9780415957946
*[image: cover of Persistent Inequality: Contemporary Realities in the
Education of Undocumented Latina/o Students]*

Price: *$37.95*

   - ISBN: *978-0-415-95794-6*
   - Binding: *Paperback* (also available in
Hardback<http://www.routledgeeducation.com/books/Persistent-Inequality-isbn9780415957939>)

   - Published by: *Routledge*
   - Publication Date: *18th November 2009*
   - Pages: *224 *

 About the Book

The children of undocumented migrants in the U.S. are trapped at the
intersection of two systems in crisis: the public education system and the
immigration law system. Based on a long tradition of scholarship in Latino
education and on newer critical race theory ideas, *Persistent
Inequality*answers burning questions about how educational policy has
to rise to meet
the unique challenges of undocumented students’ lives as well as those which
face nearly all Latinos in the U.S. educational system. How solid is the
Supreme Court precedent, *Plyler v. Doe*, that allows undocumented children
the opportunity to attend public K-12 school free of charge? What would
happen if the Supreme Court overruled it? What is the DREAM Act and how
would this proposed federal law affect the lives of undocumented students?
How have immigration raids affected public children and school
administrators? To shed some light on these vital questions, the authors
provide a critical analysis of the various legal and policy aspects of the
U.S. educational system, asserting that both the legal and educational
systems in this country need to address the living and working conditions of
undocumented Latino students and remove the obstacles to educational
achievement which these students struggle with daily.
Table of Contents

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*Introduction: Undocumented Students in the United States: An Educational
and Critical Overview*


1. Examination of Plyler v. Doe and its Aftermath, Including Additional
Bases for Undocumented Students’ Access to Public Education

2. Documented Dreams, the Underground Railroad and Underground
Undergraduates: Extending Plyler’s Promise to the Higher Education and the
Use of Undocumented Student Movements to Achieve this Goal


3. Speak No Evil: Language Education Policy: From Lau to the Unz Initiatives
and Beyond

4. Accountability under No Child Left Behind: Implications for Undocumented
Students


5. Examining Potential Dangers of the Law in the School House: Critical
Implications for Undocumented Students Regarding Racial Privacy Initiatives
and Immigration School Raids

*Conclusion*
About the Author(s)

*María Pabón López* is a Professor of Law at Indiana University School of
Law, Indianapolis.

*Gerardo R. López* is an Associate Professor of Education in the Department
of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Indiana University,
Bloomington.