TY - BOOK AU - San Miguel,Guadalupe TI - Chicana/o struggles for education: activism in the community T2 - University of Houston series in Mexican American studies SN - 9781603449960 AV - LC2683 .C453 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - College Station PB - Texas A and M University Press KW - Mexican Americans KW - Education KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Social conditions KW - Chicano movement KW - Mexican American teachers KW - Political activity KW - United States KW - Educational equalization KW - Discrimination in education KW - Education, Bilingual KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Changing patterns of Mexican American education --; Contestation --; Advocacy --; Advocating for quality instruction: the case of bilingual education --; Beyond public education; 2; b N2 - Much of the history of Mexican American educational reform efforts has focused on campaigns to eliminate discrimination in public schools. However, as historian Guadalupe San Miguel demonstrates in Chicana/o Struggles for Education: Activisim in the Community, the story is much broader and more varied than that. While activists certainly challenged discrimination, they also worked for specific public school reforms and sought private schooling opportunities, utilizing new patterns of contestation and advocacy. In documenting and reviewing these ad UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=584347&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -