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Direct linkDePalma, Renee – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2008
This article examines the case of Laura, a 9-year-old Mexican immigrant who officially "failed to learn English" in an American school. It may be more accurate to say that schooling failed Laura, and in ways that went beyond language learning. This diagnosis of failure is criticized, along with the individualistic and essentialist assumptions…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Immigrants, Case Studies, Academic Achievement
