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Article: Puerto Rican elementary school-age children: Assistance with homework as an indicator of natural support strengths
- Article from:
- Social Work in Education
- Article date:
- January 1, 1998
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CopyrightCopyright National Association of Social Workers, Incorporated Jan 1998. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The educational challenges facing Puerto Rican children and their families has been well documented in the professional literature (Hidalgo, Siu, Bright, Swap, & Epstein,1995; Kozol, 1991). Puerto Rican children have an exceedingly high probability of failing one or more grades, of being placed in special education, and of dropping out of school before graduation (Children's Defense Fund,1991; Irvine & York,1993; Perez & Martinez, 1993). The lack of educational achievement represents a serious threat to the emotional, economic, and social well-being of the Puerto Rican community (Solis, 1995).
School recognition of cultural strengths, in this case natural support systems, is ...