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Burns
EDFD
460
J.
Traver
Research Report #1
Citation:
Lukes, M. (2014). Pushouts, shutouts, and holdouts. Sage Journals, 49(7). Retrieved
http://journals.sagepub.com.wsuproxy.mnpals.net/doi/full/10.1177/004208
5913496796
Credentials:
International Network for Public Schools. She also works at the City University of
New York. She earned her PhD at New York University. She has been working to
educate and advocate for bilingual students as well as English learners for upwards
of 30 years.
Authors Reasoning:
Lukes has dedicated her life to working with immigrants, bilingual students,
and English learners. She performed this study to analyze the pre- and
Central Argument:
schooling, poverty, language barriers, and lack of access. In her introduction, she
states
To date, studies of the educational pathways and experiences of immigrant high school
dropouts consistently conclude that their interrupted education not only reflects
structural and economic barrier to school participation, but also reveals a general
The article analyzes the different experiences students have and how these
This article and study is very important because the issue of incomplete
education and low literacy rates, as well as a lack of basic skills and understanding
of immigrant children who are growing up and becoming residents but they have
limited options for jobs and this perpetuates the cycle of poverty and poor
My
Analysis
of
the
Article:
Significant
points
the
author(s)
Relationships
the
author(s)
make
makes
about
the
ethnic
or
racial
between
the
points
at
the
left
and
some
student
groups
culture
in
relation
to
of
the
academic
indicators
listed
in
my
the
academic
learning
environment.
Social
Construct
Lecture
located
in
D2L.
1) Point
1:
It
is
very
common
to
hear
1) This
greatly
limits
the
ability
for
people
describe
Hispanic
people,
upward
mobility
in
jobs
and
also
can
especially
Mexicans,
in
America
as
make
learning
English
more
difficult.
hard
workers.
While
this
is
a
It
also
limits
the
ability
to
form
stereotype
that
can
be
incredibly
relationships
with
people
who
can
offensive
to
some,
there
is
some
solid
help
aid
in
education
and
push
these
reasoning
for
why
many
Americans
young
adults
to
get
an
education
and
Because I have lived in the Midwest for my whole life, I have had very limited
been taking Spanish courses for seven years, so in these classes I have had more
exposure to the culture and some of the challenges Hispanic people face, especially
as immigrants. Oddly, I have not learned much about the experiences of Latinos in
education, so this study was very interesting to me as a future teacher and also as
someone who is dedicating a large portion of my time to learning about the lives of
This will most definitely affect my future classroom because it has opened
often easy to overlook a lot of the challenges these children face. I think this article
has allowed me to see a bit more or what these students deal with, which also allows