Effective Programs for Latino Students

Robert E. Slavin, Margarita Calder¢n, Margarita Calderon

• Contents: Preface. O.S. Fashola, R.E. Slavin, M. Calderón, R. Durán, Effective Programs for Latino Students in Elementary and Middle Schools. O.S. Fashola, R.E. Slavin, Effective Dropout Prevention and College Attendance Programs for Latino Students. A.T. Lockwood, Effective Elementary, Middle, and High School Programs for Latino Youth. M. Calderón, A. Carreón, A Two-Way Bilingual Program: Promise, Practice, and Precautions. W.M. Saunders, Improving Literacy Achievement for English Learners in Transitional Bilingual Programs. R.E. Slavin, N. Madden, Effects of Bilingual and English-as-a-Second-Language Adaptations of Success for All on the Reading Achievement of Students Acquiring English. P.L. Prado-Olmos, J. Marquez, Ethnographic Studies of Éxito Para Todos. M. Calderón, Curricula and Methodologies Used to Teach Spanish-Speaking Limited English Proficient Students to Read English. G.N. Garcia, The Factors That Place Latino Children and Youth at Risk of Educational Failure. M. Montero-Sieburth With M.C. Batt, An Overview of the Educational Models Used to Explain the Academic Achievement of Latino Students: Implications for Research and Policies Into the New Millennium.

"...this publication succeeds in providing an in-depth look at a number of the deeper issues affecting the education of Latinos. The book can be read as preferred or as needed, since each chapter stands on its own in fully describing research procedures and results...The book succeeds in meeting the author's expectation that it conveys anticipation about what schools for Latinos can be and what Latino students will attain."—Hispanic Border Leadership Institute"The contents of each chapter possess high standards and are very specialized. The framework of the book is comprehensive because it integrates an impressive array of rigorous qualitative and quantitative research from leading authorities in Hispanic education....For school personnel, the authors provide the educational paradigms that can help Hispanic students complete high school and go beyond....After reading this book, readers will be better informed and possess a different perspective of the potential and promise of Hispanic students in the American educational system."—Cambridge University Press