Edited by Teresa McKenna and Flora Ida Ortiz. 1989 264 pgs
(pbk) ISBN 0942177002 Ser.: La Mujer Latina.. Illus., index &
biblio. $23.95
A most revealing anthology of essays and exposé on the
failure of publicly funded institutions to provide and encourage
the educational attainment and achievement of Hispanic American
women.
It also reveals that private parochial schools do by contrast
a much better job in educating Hispanic women.
It provides evidence that Hispanic women outperform in terms
of academic achievement and aspirations Hispanic males, Anglo
males and Anglo females and Blacks in parochial schools.
Hispanic women are most definitely an academic success story
that needs to be communicated to the public at large. Because of
this success, the focus of the discussion of the education of
Hispanics needs to be switched from the students to the
performance of public schools. Parochial schools operate with
fewer resources but a greater commitment to minority students.
Hispanic American women respond to that commitment with academic
excellence.