TY - BOOK AU - Rodriguez,Louie F. TI - The time is now: understanding and responding to the black and latina/o dropout crisis in the U.S. T2 - Counterpoints: studies in the postmodern theory of education, SN - 9781433123740 (hardcover : alk. paper) PY - 2014///] CY - New York PB - Peter Lang KW - EducaciĆ³n intercultural KW - EducaciĆ³n KW - Estados Unidos KW - High school dropouts KW - United States KW - Prevention KW - African Americans KW - Education (Secondary) KW - Hispanic Americans KW - African American high school students KW - Social conditions KW - Hispanic American high school students N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Unveiling the hostility and getting situated in the dropout problem -- Prioritizing institutional culture: proposing the puedes approach to understand and respond to the dropout crisis -- Institutional culture under the spotlight: black and latina/o students' voices and experiences in three urban cities -- The hope in our schools & communities: towards a 10-point plan to respond to the dropout crisis -- Keeping the canaries in the classroom: towards a theory of action ER -