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1. Chicano School Failure and Success

   Past, Present, and Future, 3rd Edition

   Edited by Richard R. Valencia

   The third edition of the best selling collection, Chicano School Failure and Success presents a complete and comprehensive review of the multiple and complex issues affecting Chicano students today. Richly informative and accessibly written, this edition includes completely revised and updated...

   Published December 15th 2010 by Routledge
2. Dismantling Contemporary Deficit Thinking

   Educational Thought and Practice

   By Richard R. Valencia

   Series: The Critical Educator

   Deficit thinking is a pseudoscience founded on racial and class bias. It "blames the victim" for school failure instead of examining how schools are structured to prevent poor students and students of color from learning. Dismantling Contemporary Deficit Thinking provides comprehensive critiques...

   Published April 5th 2010 by Routledge
3. Chicano School Failure and Success

   Past, Present, and Future

   Edited by Richard R. Valencia

   Examines, from various perspectives, the school failure and success of Chicano students. The contributors include specialists in cultural and educational anthropology, bilingual and special education, educational history, developmental psychology...

   Published September 14th 2002 by Routledge
4. The Evolution of Deficit Thinking

   Educational Thought and Practice

   Edited by Richard R. Valencia

   Deficit thinking refers to the notion that students, particularly low income minority students, fail in school because they and their families experience deficiencies that obstruct the leaning process (e.g. limited intelligence, lack of motivation, inadequate home socialization). Tracing the...

   Published March 10th 1997 by Routledge