Latinas in single -sex schools: Constructing a transnational feminist identity.
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Title
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Latinas in single -sex schools: Constructing a transnational feminist identity.
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Identifier
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AAI3213246
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identifier
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3213246
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Creator
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Diaz, Rosalina.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Philip M. Anderson
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Date
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2006
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Education, Sociology of | Education, Secondary | Anthropology, Cultural | Education, Bilingual and Multicultural
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Abstract
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Latina girls have had the highest dropout rate of any group in the United States for almost thirty years. In New York City, 53% of Puerto Rican women over 24 years of age never graduated High School, and the graduation rate for New York City Latinas in 2002 was barely over 30%. In addition, Latina teens give birth in the greatest numbers, and most Latinas who leave school due to pregnancy do not return. According to a recent publication from AAUW, reasons for the dropout rate include high rates of pregnancy/childbirth, centrality of family obligations, and an inability to adapt to the American educational system. Traditional Latino schooling offers a morals/values based education, strong parental/community involvement, strict disciplinary structure and, in many cases, gender-segregation throughout secondary school.;Same-sex public and parochial schools in New York City, such as Notre Dame High School in the East Village and The Young Women's Leadership School in East Harlem, have been successfully meeting the academic needs of Latinas for several years. Notre Dame additionally offers a morals/values based education, as well as internships and community service. Both schools focus heavily on math, science, and technology, areas in which adolescent girls are often weakest. In addition, students seem to form deeper more nurturing relationships with classmates, faculty, and administrative staff.;However, my own research indicates that even though these outcomes seem to indicate a "cultural predisposition" to single-sex environments, there is a trade-off for the high success rates of American single-sex institutions. In many instances, students are encouraged to reject their own Latino community and familial relationships, as a means of achieving success. This may result in a cultural schizophrenia in Latinas, who have been raised to believe in the centrality of "La Familia".
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
