The Power of Parents: A Critical Perspective of Bicultural Parent Involvement in Public Schools
Delving into the often unexplored areas of class, racism, and power struggles, The Power of Parents poses a critical examination of the relationship between bicultural parents and the school system. Written with students and practitioners in mind, it challenges past research that has traditionally argued bicultural parents are incompetent, apathetic, and do not value education, hence the cause of their children's academic underachievement. This book sheds new light on why bicultural parents...
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Delving into the often unexplored areas of class, racism, and power struggles, The Power of Parents poses a critical examination of the relationship between bicultural parents and the school system. Written with students and practitioners in mind, it challenges past research that has traditionally argued bicultural parents are incompetent, apathetic, and do not value education, hence the cause of their children's academic underachievement. This book sheds new light on why bicultural parents often mistrust the school system and uncovers the contradictions inherent in the relationship between them and school personnel.
Ch. 1A case study of bicultural parent involvement1Ch. 2Bicultural parents in the public schools13Ch. 3A structural analysis25Ch. 4Racism and deficit thinking41Ch. 5Culture, knowledge, and power61Ch. 6Disinterest or resistance?83Ch. 7A paradigm of tension, contradiction, and resistance99Ch. 8Transformative parent involvement107
