The Multiracial Urban High School: Fearing Peers and Trusting Friends (Palgrave Studies in Urban Education)

From 1996-2000, thirty minority teenagers (African American, Chinese American, Puerto Rican American, and Dominican American) were interviewed every year for four years to investigate how their experiences in high school shaped their social relationships. From 1996-2000, thirty minority teenagers (African American, Chinese American, Puerto Rican American, and Dominican American) were interviewed every year for four years to investigate how their experiences in high school shaped their social relationships Front Matter....Pages I-IX Rethinking High School as a Relational Journey....Pages 1-41 Immigrant Dream and/or Educational Delusion?....Pages 43-66 “It’s a Bad School Because of the Kids”....Pages 67-91 Listening to Friendships: Longitudinal Case Studies of Friendship Patterns—Isidora, Reginald, Mei Ling, and Lena....Pages 93-129 “It’s Like I’m in a Stereotype”....Pages 131-150 What If You Can’t Learn Anywhere? Trapped by School Choice....Pages 151-171 Peer Power Undermined....Pages 173-184 Back Matter....Pages 185-190