School Failure and Cultural Mismatch: Another View.

Villegas, Ana Maria

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Publication Date: 1988

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School Failure and Cultural Mismatch: Another View.

Villegas, Ana Maria

Urban Review, v20 n4 p253-65 Win 1988

Reviews the literature on home-school disjunctures in language use. Argues that social inequalities are the true source of the academic failure of minority students and that attention must be given to the political link between school and society. (FMW)

Descriptors: Academic Failure, Culture Conflict, Educational Sociology, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Language Usage, Literature Reviews, Minority Groups, Politics of Education, Social Differences, Socioeconomic Influences, Urban Schools

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Language: English

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