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 :

Delgado-Gaitan, C. (1992).

Villenas, S. (2002).

Delgado Bernal, D. (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).