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Direct linkJohanek, Michael – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2023
Since 1980, Chicago's United Neighborhood Organization (UNO) has been a major player in school reform, organising Mexican-American communities to build a neighbourhood high school, founding a local technical institute, passing radical school governance reform, and launching a major charter network. At UNO's apex in 2013, a corruption scandal…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Social Justice, Social Action, Mexican Americans
Lutton, Linda – Youth Today, 2001
Increasing numbers of Mexican teenagers immigrate to the United States illegally to work, and few find their way to school. Instituto del Progreso Latino--an alternative high school in Chicago--serves these youth successfully. Youth agencies must provide services that allow these youth to attend school and discourage gang involvement. (SV)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Role, Dropouts, Educational Needs
