Asset-Based Approach to Latino Education in the United States

<p>Challenging perspectives that often characterize Latinos as ‘at-risk’ this book takes an ‘asset’ approach highlighting the favorable linguistic cognitive education and cultural assets Latino children bring to educational settings. <i>An Asset-Based Approach to Latino Education in the United States</i> addresses the increasingly important challenge and opportunity of educating the linguistic and cultural diversity of the growing population of Latino students. The book confronts the educational debate regarding effective instructional practices for Latinos bilingual education immigration and assimilation.</p>