Potholes in the Road
Author | : Martin Sanchez-Jankowski |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2022-05-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780520387102 |
ISBN-13 | : 0520387104 |
Rating | : 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "As education has been increasingly lauded as the path to achieving the 'American Dream,' Martín Sánchez-Jankowski utilizes extensive participant observation to examine how low-income students navigate the education system. With compassion and rigor, Potholes in the Road explores the dynamics of the multiple interrelated obstacles that low-income students must surpass in order to make educational transitions successfully from high school to college. Using extensive ethnographic research, Sánchez-Jankowski explores the mythic pull of the 'American Dream' and how obstacles of social capital, wealth, and culture make achieving such a dream through education nearly impossible"--