Additive Schooling in Subtractive Times: Bilingual Education and Dominican Immigrant Youth in the Heights

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Contents Foreword by Angela Valenzuela ix Acknowledgments xi 1 Introduction: Schooling Immigrant Youth 1 2 In the Heights: Dominican Youth Immigrate to New York 29 3 Education Policy as Social Context 51 4 From Subtractive to Additive Schooling: The History of Gregorio Luperón High School 69 5 Languaging at Luperón 115 6 Challenges Facing Immigrant Youth at Luperón 151 7 Social Capital and Additive Schooling at Luperón 189 8 The Political Economy of Education: Trajectories of Luperón Students through School and Beyond 211 9 Educating Immigrant Youth: Lessons Learned 231 Notes 247 References 253 Index 279 ...