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EducationPh.D., Educational Psychology, UCLA, 1979 Research InterestsProfessor Gándara is co-director of The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA. Her research focuses on educational equity and access for low income and ethnic minority students, language policy, and the education of Mexican origin youth. She has just completed a study (with R. Rumberger) entitled Resource Needs for California's English Learners, as part of the statewide adequacy project funded by four major foundations. She is the author of numerous articles and several books, including the forthcoming, Understanding the Latino Education Gap, Why Latinos Don't Go to College, with Harvard University Press. Recent GrantsProfessor Gándara, together with Professor Gary Orfield, co-director of the Civil Rights Project, received two new research grants since June 2007. The first initiative, funded by the Ford Foundation, is called "Breaking the Chain of Failure: Moving from Weak High Schools to Strong Community Colleges for Students of Color. "The second study, funded by the Eleanor Foundation of Chicago, is entitled, "The Future Rests on Working Moms: Unequal Opportunity and Policies to Help Them Realize Their Dreams for Their Children."Current Research ProjectsAn examination of the impact of restrictive language policies on students, schools, and communities in the US; Pathways through California community colleges for underrepresented students; Addressing the educational needs of secondary English learners; Policy options to meet the resource needs of California?s English learners.Recent PublicationsGándara, P. & R. Rumberger, Immigration, Language, and Education: How Does Language Policy Structure Opportunity? Teachers College Record, forthcoming Gándara, P., & R. Rumberger, Defining an Adequate Education for English Learners, Education Finance and Policy, forthcoming Gándara, P., & M. Cecilia Gómez, Language Policy in Education, in B. Schneider, G. Sykes, & D. Plank (Eds.) AERA Handbook on Educational Policy Research. Washington DC: AERA. Forthcoming Gándara, P, Orfield, G., & Horn, C., (Eds) Expanding Opportunity in Higher Education: Leveraging Promise, SUNY Press, 2006 Gándara, P., Fragile Futures: Risk and Vulnerability Among Latino High Achievers, Policy Brief. Princeton: ETS, 2005. Gándara, P., Latino Achievement: Identifying Models that Foster Success, National Center for the Gifted and Talented, University of Connecticut, 2005. Gándara, P., Orfield, G. & Horn, C., The Access Crisis in California Higher Education: Harbinger of the Future, Educational Policy, 19, May 2005. Gándara, P., Moran, R. & Garcia, E., Legacy of Brown, Lau and Language Policy in the United States, Review of Research in Education, 28, 27-46, 2004 Callahan, R. & Gándara, P., Nobody's Agenda: English Learners and Post-secondary Education, Immigrant and English-Language Learners Strategies for Success, Sadowski, M. (Ed.), Harvard Education Press, 2004 Rumberger, R. & Gándara, P., Seeking Equity in the Education of California's English Learners, Teachers College Record, 106, 2031-2055, 2004 Gibson, M., Gándara, P. & Koyama, J., School Connections: U.S. Mexican Youth, Peers, and School Achievement, Teachers College Press, 2004 Gándara, P., Rumberger, R., Maxwell-Jolly, J., & Callahan, R. English learners in California Schools: Unequal Resources, Unequal Outcomes, Educational Policy Analysis Archives, 2003 LinksThe Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA |
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