{"id":206613,"date":"2011-08-04T09:31:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T13:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=206613"},"modified":"2023-11-06T09:32:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T14:32:54","slug":"dr-jason-irizarry-publishes-book-on-the-latinization-of-u-s-schools-successful-teaching-and-learning-in-shifting-cultural-contexts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/08\/dr-jason-irizarry-publishes-book-on-the-latinization-of-u-s-schools-successful-teaching-and-learning-in-shifting-cultural-contexts\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Jason Irizarry Publishes Book on \u201cThe Latinization of U.S. Schools: Successful Teaching and Learning in Shifting Cultural Contexts\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite the rise in Latino population in the United States, academic achievement in schools is scarcely recognized among Latino youth. Dr. Jason G. Irizarry, an assistant professor of multicultural education in the\u00a0Neag School of Education<\/a>\u2019s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, analyzed this issue of underachievement in his recently published book,\u00a0The Latinization of U.S. Schools: Successful Teaching and Learning in Shifting Cultural Contexts<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Dr. Irizarry\u2019s inspiration came from a high school student of his, who told him on his first day that, \u201cLatinos are not smart; we are just not smart.\u201d After conducting his professional development research with Latino youth (through Youth Participatory Action Research), Dr. Irizarry collaborated with his students to write the text, proving his trust in their abilities and further driving his message home that ethnicity should not limit achievement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really felt committed that their stories had to be told,\u201d Dr. Irizarry said.<\/p>\n

Each of Dr. Irizarry\u2019s students contributed a topic or issue of interest for a chapter in\u00a0The Latinization of U.S. Schools<\/em>\u00a0they felt needed to be addressed. The author\u2019s intention was to not only amplify the voices of Latino youth, but also prove to his students that they were, in fact, smart.<\/p>\n

The text examines the issue of schools lacking the acknowledgment of Latino accomplishments through the passionate voices of youth and empirically based recommendations. Written from the students\u2019 perspective, Dr. Irizarry\u2019s book provides inspiration and information for teachers, students and those concerned with the future of education in the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cArticulating what many know from experience but do not find reflected in the studies on Latino education, Jason Irizarry and his high school coauthors provide readers an insightful, inspiring, and powerful view of the capabilities\u2014and, yes, brilliance\u2014of Latino students in America today,\u201d said Sonia Nieto, professor emerita of language, literacy and culture at the University of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

For more information about the book, contact Dr. Irizarry at\u00a0jason.irizarry@uconn.edu.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite the rise in Latino population in the United States, academic achievement in schools is scarcely recognized among Latino youth. Dr. Jason G. Irizarry, an assistant professor of multicultural education in the\u00a0Neag School of Education\u2019s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, analyzed this issue of underachievement in his recently published book,\u00a0The Latinization of U.S. Schools: Successful […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":206614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1855],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2455],"class_list":["post-206613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-neag"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 04:53:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206615,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206613\/revisions\/206615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/206614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206613"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=206613"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=206613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}