University
of Utah
Educational Leadership and Policy
ELP 7960
Latina/os and Educational Policy
Instructor:
Enrique Alemán, Jr., Ph.D.
Office: 303-E MBH
Office Phone: 801-585-5097
Fax: 801-585-6756
E-Mail: enrique.aleman@ed.utah.edu
Class Session :
January 10 – April 25, Wednesdays
4:35 – 7:05, MBH 309
Office Hours : Email to schedule
an appointment.
Course Calendar
Spring 2007
January 17, 2007 Chicana/-Latina/o Educational History
Required Readings :
San Miguel, G., & Valencia, R. R. (1998).
Solórzano, A. (2006).January 24, 2007 Chicana/o-Latina/o Educational Conditions
Required Readings :
Alemán, E., & Rorrer, A. (2006)
Kohler, A. D., & Lazarín, M. (2007)
Rodriguez, R. (2004)January 31, 2007 Subtractive Schooling & School Failure
Required Readings :
Valenzuela, A. (1999).
González, M. S., Plata, O., García, E., Torres, M., & Urrieta, L. (2003).
February 7, 2007 Subtractive Schooling & Policy Failure
Required Readings :
Valenzuela, A. (1999).
Alemán, E. (Forthcoming 2007).
February 14, 2007 Students, Families & Communities as Assets
Required Readings :
Villenas, S. (2002).
February 21, 2007 Dropouts & Pushouts
Required Readings :
Losen, D., Orfield, G., & Balfanz, R. (2006).
Rumberger, R. W., & Rodríguez, G. M. (2002).
Spindler, G. & Spindler, L. - TBA
February 28, 2007Bilingual Education & Language Policy
Required Readings :
Combs, M. C., Evans, C., Fletcher, T., Parra, E., & Jiménez, A. (2005).
Trujillo , A. (2005).
Giacchino-Baker, R., & Piller, B. (2006).
March 7, 2007 High-Stakes Testing
Required Readings :
Murillo, E. G., & Flores, S. Y. (2002).
Valenzuela, A. (2005).
March 14, 2007 Culturally Relevant Curriculum & Pedagogies
Required Readings :
Reyes, M. d. l. L., & Garza, E. (2005).
Yosso, T. (2002).
De Jesús, A. (2005).
March 21, 2007 Spring Break – NO CLASS
March 28, 2007 Chicana/os in School
Required Readings :
Pizarro, M. (2005).
April 4, 2007 Chicana/o-Latina/os & Higher Education
Required Readings :
Solórzano, D. G. (1998).
Villalpando, O. (2003).
Flores , S. M., Horn, C. L., & Crisp, G. (2006).
April 11, 2007 No Class – AERA Conference
April 18 & 25, 2007 Chicana/o-Latina/o Activism & Change
Required Readings :
Revilla, A. T. (2004).
Alemán, E. & Alemán, S. (In progress)
Padilla, L. M. (1999). Social and legal repercussions of Latinos' colonized mentality.
Delgado, R. (2006).