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ERIC Number: EJ592641
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0017-8055
Streets and Schools: How Educators Can Help Chicano Marginalized Gang Youth.
Vigil, James Diego
Harvard Educational Review, v69 n3 p270-88 Fall 1999
Gangs socialize Chicano youths, who then exhibit behaviors that interfere with learning. Educators are not well informed about gang culture to intervene. Three Los Angeles programs provide examples of ways schools can stop exacerbating the problem and successfully reach youth in gangs. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged, Intervention, Mexican Americans, Parent Role, School Role, Secondary Education, Socialization, Student Behavior
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: California (Los Angeles); Chicanos; Gangs; Los Angeles Unified School District CA