Latino Education in the United States

VICTORIA-MARÍA MACDONALD is Assistant Professor of History and Philosophy of Education, Department of Educational Foundations and Policy Studies, at Florida State University. She is the author of The Transformation of Schooling in the Urban South, and she is also the coordinator of The History of Hispanic American Education Project.

• Introduction: Re-Visioning American Educational History PART I: NEW ENCOUNTERS WITH LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND RELIGION Spanish, Indian, and Mexican Learning in North America, 1598-1921 Colonial Era, 1598-1820: Mission Schools, Aristocratic Family Schooling, A Young Woman in Convent School Mexican, Territorial, and Statehood Eras, 1821- 1921 PART II: FORCED ASSIMILATION AND ACCULTURATION, 1880s - 1950s U.S. Educational Imperialism in Puerto Rico and Cuba, Chicano Agency and Struggle in the Early 20th Century Cuba and Puerto Rico: Reflections of a Puerto Rican Youth, 1906 Agency and Voice under Segregation in the Southwest: Rules for Mexican Children in Texas Schools PART III: THE POST-1965 AWAKENING: FROM CIVIL RIGHTS TO THE NEW LATINOS OF THE 21st CENTURY Civil Rights Among Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans The making of a Chicana Feminist Report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights The Cuban and Latin American Diaspora The 1970s and 1980s: Affirmative Action and Bilingual Education New Latinos in the Schools Census 2000: The State of Latinos and Education

"Latino Education in U.S. History is in a class by itself. No other publication in the field of Latino education to date covers such much ground, addresses some many key themes, and is so representative of regional and group issues. MacDonald should be commended for providing a broad sample of documents - letters, manifestos, reports, legal briefs, fiction, photographs, and newspaper clippings - and a solid chronological and thematic structure to capture the diversity, complexity and rich history of Latino educational issues in the U.S." - Felix V. Matos Rodriguez, Ph.D. Director Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños Hunter College"A stellar documentary history in every respect. Thought-provoking and vibrant, this definitive reference work is essential reading for anyone interested in Latino education, past, present, and future." - Vicki L. Ruiz, Professor of History and Chicano Latino Studies, University of California, Irvine"Comprehensive, fascinating and insightful...MacDonald's study is well-written, richly documented, and superbly organized to illuminate the major events, issues, and educational experiences of diverse groups of Latinos and Latinas during the past five centuries. It significantly broadens our knowledge and understanding...This will definitely set a new standard for the history of education in general and for the history of Latino education in the U.S. in particular." - Guadalupe San Miguel Jr., Professor of History, University ofHouston"MacDonald has put together an impressive and groundbreaking volume that achieves two purposes. Her book provides the most comprehensive outline of the history of the Latino educational experience to date. And MacDonald's well-chosen collection of documents provides all interested students and historians with an excellent starting point for study and further research." History of Education"MacDonald is exceptional in laying the historical cornerstone of today's issues revolving around the education of Latinos in the United States. As the current debates over Arizona's House Bill (HB) 1108, immigration, educational and language policies, and affirmative action loom, Latino Education in the United States serves as a beacon that illuminates across educational disciplines. Those in the field of linguistics may find this work to be beneficial for studying the origin of language policy, bilingual education, and the colonization of language. Others in multicultural education, Latino studies, law, and history will benefit from the accumulated information and multi-chronological themes in this empowering and enlightening literature." Journal of Latinos and Education