{"product_id":"9781479886210","title":"Latina Teachers: Creating Careers and Guarding Culture","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eHow Latina teachers are making careers and helping students stay in touch with their roots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLatina women make up the fastest growing non-white group entering the teaching profession at a time when it is estimated that 20% of all students nationwide now identify as Latina\/o. Through ethnographic and participant observation in two underperforming majority-minority schools in Los Angeles, as well as interviews with teachers, parents and staff, \u003cem\u003eLatina Teachers\u003c\/em\u003e examines the complexities stemming from a growing workforce of Latina teachers.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe teachers profiled use Latino cultural resources and serve as agents of ethnic mobility. They actively teach their students how to navigate American race and class structures while retaining their cultural roots, necessary tactics in an American education system that has not fully caught up with the nation’s demographic changes. Flores also explores the challenges faced by Latina teachers, including language barriers and cultural acclimation, and professional inequalities that continue to affect women of color at work.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn unprecedented look at an understudied population, \u003cem\u003eLatina Teachers \u003c\/em\u003epresents an important picture of the women who are increasingly shaping the way America’s children are educated. ","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125731115248,"sku":"9781479886210","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781479886210_p0.jpg?v=1763618823","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781479886210","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}