Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ549976
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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Schoolhouse in the Field: How Agrarian Cultural Values Shaped Texas Schools for Mexican Children, 1910-1930.
Black, Mary S.
Interchange, v28 n1 p15-30 Jan 1997
Argues that the primary reason for Mexican American students' low academic achievement was the agrarian belief system, shared by both Mexicans and Whites, that valued children's labor in the fields more than in the school house. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Child Labor, Cultural Influences, Educational History, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Low Achievement, Mexican American Education, Mexican Americans, Parent Student Relationship, Public Schools, Racial Bias, Secondary School Students, Values
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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