Children from the other America : a crisis of possibility / edited by Michele López-Stafford Levy.
2016
LC3731 .C45 2016eb
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Title
Children from the other America : a crisis of possibility / edited by Michele López-Stafford Levy.
ISBN
9789463004473 (electronic book)
9463004475 (electronic book)
9789463004466
9463004467
9789463004459
9463004459
9463004475 (electronic book)
9789463004466
9463004467
9789463004459
9463004459
Published
Rotterdam, The Netherlands ; Boston : Sense Publishers, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 113 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
LC3731 .C45 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
371.9
Summary
"Necessity is the mother of invention and this all began with a plea on a listserv: 'We have a sixteen year old Mayan Quiche young man who won't stop crying in our school'. How desperate must a parent be to say goodbye to their child/children to perhaps never see them again because of wars in Syria or gang violence in Central America making citizens so desperate? Will the children make it alive to the next border with so many more to cross? Will they really eventually meet up with family? Or is this pure folly? Will these children be able to go to school for an equitable education and have a much better life than their parents could ever imagine? More important are the implications for U.S. schools: how are they managing the sudden influx of children refugees who are road weary and expected to participate in school structures seamlessly? Many are not aware that, linguistically, these children may not be Spanish-speaking, but only communicate in their own indigenous language"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Levy, Michele López-Stafford, editor, author.
Series
Transgressions (Rotterdam, Netherlands) ; v. 114.
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Children from the other America.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. The trouble with English
3. A Central American drama in four acts
4. Reflections on the image of immigrant minors from Central America
5. Mobilizing a community
6. An interview with Peter Roos
7. Making the classroom a space of freedom for immigrant youth
8. Rose in the concrete
9. Marcelino's eulogy
10. A crisis of possibility.
2. The trouble with English
3. A Central American drama in four acts
4. Reflections on the image of immigrant minors from Central America
5. Mobilizing a community
6. An interview with Peter Roos
7. Making the classroom a space of freedom for immigrant youth
8. Rose in the concrete
9. Marcelino's eulogy
10. A crisis of possibility.