1st Edition
US Education in a World of Migration Implications for Policy and Practice
1. Introduction Jill Koyama and Mathangi Subramanian Part I: Identity-Staking 2. The Proverbial Monkey on Our Backs: Exploring Politics of Belonging among Transnational African High School Students in the US Krystal A. Smalls 3. Narrating the Nation and Challenging Discourses Anita Chikkatur 4. "Spanish-Speakers" and "Normal People": The Linguistic Implications of Segregation in US High Schools Avary Carhill-Poza 5. Problematizing My Position as a Researcher: Studying the Construction of Class by Chilean and Colombian International Students Ana Luisa Munoz-GarcĂa 6. Negotiating the Meaning of Citizenship: Chinese Academics in the Transnational Space Qiongqiong Chen Part II: Place-Taking 7. "Luchando Por Una Vida Nueva": A Socio-Spatial Analysis of Academic Aspirations among Rural Latino Students in the US South Melissa Wicks-Asbun and Rebecca Torres 8. The Neoliberal Turn in US Higher Education: Implications for Indian F-1 Students’ Negotiations of Belonging Susan Thomas 9. Misalignment of Teacher Outcomes and Student Goals: Transnational Migrants in an Adult ESL Program Ronald Fuentes 10. Internationally Recruited Teachers and Migration: Structures of Instability and Tenuous Settlement Omar Kamara and Karen Monkman Part III: Space-Making 11. Why Bother Continue Learning a Heritage Language?: Mainstream Policies and Politics of Heritage Language Maintenance Neriko Musha Doerr and Kiri Lee 12. In Search of Success: Where School and Marriage Meet in the Educational Lives of Immigrant African Girls with Limited Formal Schooling Ramatu T. Bangura 13. (Counter)Storytelling for Social Change: Pathways for Youth Participation in Policymaking Mathangi Subramanian 14. Navigating Institutional Structures: The Politics of Supporting Undocumented Students in Higher Education Angela Chuan-Ru Chen
Biography
Jill Koyama is Assistant Professor in Educational Policy Studies and Practice at the University of Arizona. Her publications include her 2010 book, Making Failure Pay: For-Profit Tutoring, High-Stakes Testing, and Public Schools and articles in Anthropology and Education Quarterly, British Journal of Sociology of Education, Journal of Education Policy, and Educational Researcher.
Mathangi Subramanian is a writer, educator, and activist. A former Fulbright Scholar, her work has appeared in academic and mainstream publications including Gender and Education, Current Issues in Comparative Education, The Hindu Sunday Magazine, and the anthology Click!: The Moment We Knew We Were Feminists. Her book, Bullying; The Ultimate Teen Guide, will be published in 2014.
