Arias, Beatriz
Researchers: Beatriz Arias
University Affiliation: Arizona State University
Email: bea@asu.edu
Research Question:
Describes the transformation of desegregation policy in San Jose, California where Latino students constituted the plaintiff class.
Published: 1
Journal Name or Institutional Affiliation: Teachers College Record
Journal Entry: Vol. 107, No.9, pp. 1974-1998
Year: 2005
Findings:
- On the most productive periods of empirical research on the effects of desegregation on student outcomes 1968-1975 Latino students were not seen as primary target of desegregation policy.
- Important to determine if remedies designed to eliminate racial isolation and improve educational opportunities for African American are appropriate mechanisms for achieving greater equality for Latinos and other ethnic minorities.
- As long as Latinos were marginalized from participation in the policy process, desegregation remedies were implemented that ignored the particular cultural and linguistic needs of Latino students. As Latinos became leaders in the community and participants in the policy-making process, remedies began to be designed and implemented that specifically addressed linguistic and cultural barriers to educational equality.