The Prison-to-School Pipeline: Nondeficit Approaches to Examining the Educational Trajectories of Marginalized Latino Males

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

To challenge the current “politics of representation” of Latino males, their families and communities, this symposium discusses a series of non-deficit approaches and frameworks to improve our understanding of the educational trajectories of Latino males. The symposium papers will address how asset-based theoretical frameworks were employed to analyze quantitative and qualitative data on Latino males throughout the P-20 continuum. Collectively, these studies offer new insights related to the educational attainment and achievement of Latino males in U.S. schools. Additionally, panelists will offer new perspectives that extend how achievement is conceptualized and advance discourse regarding traditionally marginalized Latino males. Audience members will also have an opportunity to engage in dialogue regarding the implications of using asset-based theoretical frameworks in education research.

Sub Unit

• Committee on Scholars and Advocates for Gender Equity in Education

Chair

• James Diego Vigil, University of California - Irvine

Papers

• Reclaiming the Innocence of Latino Males: A Message to Middle School Teachers From Latino Male Students - Eligio Martinez, University of California - San Diego

• Pushed out and Pulled In: Creating a Youth Support Complex Within a School-Based Intervention Program - Victor Rios, University of California - Santa Barbara; Mario Gerardo Galicia, University of California - Santa Barbara

• Cultural Capital and Habitus: The Influence of Gang and College Knowledge for Low-Income Latino Male High School Students in Nevada - Adrian H. Huerta, University of California - Los Angeles; Patricia M. McDonough, University of California - Los Angeles; Walter R. Allen, University of California - Los Angeles

• The Prison-to-College-to-Jobs Pipeline - Cecilia Rios Aguilar, University of California - Los Angeles; Luis G. Giraldo, University of California - Los Angeles

Discussant

• Tyrone C. Howard, University of California - Los Angeles