Research Base for the Four Keys to Latino Academic Success

Conexión Learning draws on a vast body of research on Hispanic learning and effective school issues to develop our programs and suggest strategies for educators. The following scholarly studies document the importance of understanding the four key Latino concepts that impact education.

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   Delgado-Gaitan, Concha. (2004). Involving Latino families in schools: Raising student achievement through home-school partnerships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

   Garcia, Eugene E. (1991). The education of linguistically and culturally diverse students: Effective instructional practices. Education Practice Report 1. Santa Cruz, CA: National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning, University of California Santa Cruz.

   Garcia, Eugene E. (2001). Hispanic Education in the United States: Raíces y Alas. New York: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

   Lampe, Judith R., Gene E. Rooze, and Mary Tallent-Runnels. (1996). Effects of cooperative learning among Hispanic students in elementary social studies. The Journal of Educational Research, 89, (3), pp. 187-191.

   National Study Group for the Affirmative Development of Academic Ability. (2004). All students reaching the top: Strategies for closing the achievement gaps. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. Naperville, Il: Learning Point Associates.

   Padrón, Yolanda N., Hersh C. Waxman, and Hector H. Rivera. (2001). Educating Hispanic students: Obstacles and avenues to improved academic improvement. CREDE Educational Practice Report 8. Santa Cruz, CA: Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence, University of California Santa Cruz.

   President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. (2002). The road to a college diploma: The complex reality of raising educational achievement for Hispanics in the United States. Washington, D.C.

   Reese, Leslie, Silvia Balzano, Ronald Gallimore, and Claude Goldernberg. (1995). The concept of educación: Latino family values and American schooling. International Journal of Educational Research 23, (1), pp57-81.

   Reyes, Pedro, Jay D. Scribner, and Alicia Paredes Scribner. (1999). Lessons from high performing Hispanic schools: Creating learning communities. New York: Teachers College Press.

   Romo, Harriet D. and Toni Falbo. (1996). Latino High School Graduation. Austin: University of Texas Press.

   Suárez-Orozco, Carola and Marcelo. (1995). Transformations: Migration, Family Life and Achievement Motivation among Latino Adolescents. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

   Valdes, Guadalupe. (1996). Con Respeto: Bridging the distances between culturally diverse families and schools. New York: Teachers College Press.

   Valencia, Richard R. (ed.). (1991). Chicano school failure and success: Research and policy agendas for the 1990s. New York: The Falmer Press.

   Valencia, Richard R. (ed.). (1997). The evolution of deficit thinking: Educational thought and practice. New York: The Falmer Press.

   Valenzuela, Angela. (1999). Subtractive Schooling: U.S.-Mexican youth and the politics of caring. Albany: State University of New York Press.