Recently added articles from High School Journal:
From the editorial board.(Editorial)
Apr 01, 2009; ... During our recent reconfiguration of The High School Journal, our editorial board sought to define the issues of greatest concern to those in the field of education; the question of immigration and its relationship to secondary education was one of these. In light of our new mission to ...
At the intersection of transnationalism, Latina/o immigrants, and education.(Report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Except for Mexico, "there are now more Latino-origin people in the U.S. than there are people in Spain, Argentina, Colombia, or any other Spanish-speaking country ... [In fact, our nation is experiencing] the greatest demographic transformation in the last 100 years of its history" ...
Dominicanas entre La Gran Manzana y Quisqueya: family, schooling, and language learning in a transnational context.(Report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Drawing from a one-year qualitative research study, this article explores the transnational lives and experiences of three young women and their little sisters in New York with close ties to the Dominican Republic. Using ethnographic research methods--life history interviews, focus groups, ...
What's age gotta do with it? Understanding the age-identities and school-going practices of Mexican immigrant youth in New York City.(Report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Recent reports of out-of-school immigrant youth have brought attention to predominantly Mexican and Central American immigrant youth who immigrate to the United States and do not enroll in formal schooling (Fry, 2002; Hill and Hayes, 2007). Many arrive to the United States unaccompanied, ...
Even beyond the local community: a close look at Latina youths' return trips to Mexico.(Report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Drawing from nearly four years of qualitative research, this article examines the lives of three second-generation mexicanas living in northern California who maintain close ties to their families' natal communities in Mexico. This ethnographic portrait outlines the contours of belonging ...
"Alla en Guatemala": transnationalism, language, and identity of a Pentecostal Guatemalan-American young woman.(Report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... This article examines the transnationalism of a Pentecostal Guatemalan-American young woman who is a second-generation immigrant. Amalia traveled to Guatemala from when she was six months old until her sophomore year in college. These visits to Guatemala have helped her maintain her ...
The politics of organic phylogeny: the art of parenting and surviving as transnational multilingual Latino indigenous immigrants in the U.S.(Report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... This three-year qualitative research study took place in a new immigrant-receiving community in North Carolina. Utilizing narrative analysis, it explores how Mexican, Salvadoran, and Guatemalan immigrants of indigenous backgrounds use language as a survival tool to move in and out of ...
Transnational messages: what teachers can learn from understanding students' lives in transnational social spaces.(Report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... This study investigates how comments that Mexican nationals made about U.S. schools influenced Mexican immigrant adolescents' perceptions of and experiences in U.S. schools. I investigated the diffusion of this information at three specific points in time--prior to immigration, upon entry ...
Transnational teachers of English in Mexico.(Report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Much has been written on the effects of Mexican immigration in the U.S., but little exists regarding the ways in which transnationals, who have returned to Mexico, have adapted to and/or transformed Mexican society and the education system. This article is based on a descriptive ...
Knowing and unknowing transnational Latino lives in teacher education: at the intersection of educational research and the Latino humanities.(Report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Researchers in the field of Latino Diaspora and immigrant education have long been concerned with addressing the crisis in the educational achievement of Latino immigrant/Diaspora youth, some of whom are dropping out at rates of more than 25% in school districts across the United States ...
From the editorial board.
Feb 01, 2009; ... This issue marks an historic turning point for The High School Journal. For 90 years, HSJ has operated as a project of the School of Education at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Last summer, faculty in the school voted to hand leadership and management of the journal over ...
Beyond economics: using social class life-based literary narratives with pre-service and practicing social studies and English teachers.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... In this article, we propose that one way of engaging pre-service and practicing high school Social Studies and English teachers in critical conversations about social class is through the use of life-based literary narratives. By expanding upon Phillion and He's (2004) work around the ...
The impact of high school size on math achievement and dropout rate.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... The study explores the ways in which school size influences two important student outcomes commonly used in school effects research: growth in mathematics achievement and dropout rate. Past research suggests that smaller high schools can lead to increased benefits for students. In this ...
Leave no schools behind: the importance of a college culture in urban public high schools.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Creating a college culture that is available to all K-12 public school students helps prepare individuals for postsecondary academic and career endeavors. Establishing and maintaining a college culture requires structural and organizational arrangements that facilitate students' access to ...
The silence of fear: making sense of student (mis)behavior.(Personal account)
Feb 01, 2009; ... The purpose of this personal narrative is to retrospectively analyze the actions and reactions of a young, female, white teacher who was faced with the reality of the dichotomy of race and power in a large school system. When an African American male student brings a gun to school, the ...
This is my crossroads.(Borderlands/La Frontera, The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldua)(Critical essay)
Feb 01, 2009; ... In her book Borderlands/La frontera: The New Mestiza, Gloria Anzaldua writes of a "Borderlands," which she describes as " a vague and undetermined place created by the emotional residue of an unnatural boundary .... a constant state of transition" (1999, p. 25). In this paper, I explore my ...
Opening up classroom space: student voice, autobiography, & the curriculum.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Incorporating autobiography into the classroom has the potential to facilitate reflective and interpretative practices, through which self-understanding and transformative learning may emerge. Bridging theory, practice, and the personal, this paper explores how autobiographical narratives ...
Language and literacy in the Pentecostal church and the public high school: a case study of a Mexican ESL student.(English as a second language)(Case study)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Drawing from a multi-year ethnography of a Latino/a immigrant Pentecostal church and from high school observations and interviews of three focal students, this article compares the language and literacy experiences of an immigrant Mexican Pentecostal adolescent in church and school ...
Comparing educational trajectories of two Chinese students and one Latina student, a social capital approach.(Report)
Dec 01, 2008; ... This qualitative study compares and analyzes the social network experiences of two working-class Chinese students from immigrant families (Sally, Alex) to those of one working-class Latina student from an immigrant family (Elizabeth). Theory holds that these students would have difficulty ...
When remedial means what it says: how teachers use data to reform instructional interventions.(Report)
Dec 01, 2008; ... As technology becomes increasingly integrated into K-12 education, the use of data is growing in volume and complexity, resulting in a paradox of information overload for educators. While administrators and teachers have access to more data than ever before, they are only just beginning to ...