Made in America: Immigrant Students in Our Public Schools, Tenth Anniversary Edition (Paperback)

by Laurie Olsen (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
Made in America by Laurie Olsen, codirector of California Tomorrow, a nonprofit advocacy group for school reform, is a well-written study of life at a California high school. More than 20 percent of the students at this school were born in another country, and more than one-third speak limited English or come from non-English speaking homes. Olsen's portrayal of the kids and the struggles over policy between and within the faculty and administration is both moving and damning. Any parent or educator concerned with public education in the United States should read this important book; it offers an unretouched portrait of America. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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A powerful learning experience....Beautifully written and profound in its implications. I would make it required reading for every teacher. -- Jim Cummins, co-author of "Brave New Schools: Challenging Cultural Illiteracy through Global Learning Networks"

A strong, sensitive, and valuable book. -- Jonathan Kozol, author of "Savage Inequalities"

An important book. More than a portrait of a school, this is a portrait of America. -- William Ayers, author of "City Kids, City Teachers" and "A Kind and Just Parent"

Olsen skillfully offers us an opportunity to remake America into a multicultural and more democratic society. -- Ronald Takaki, author of "A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: New Press; 10 Reprint edition (August 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595583491
• ISBN-13: 978-1595583499
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #565,993 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars puts a human face on the issue of immigrant education, June 5, 1998

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This review is from: Made in America: Immigrant Students in Our Public Schools (Hardcover)

Unsure of how you feel about bilingual education? Even more likely, don't really understand what bilingual education is? Read this book. Laurie Olsen helps us put a human face on what has become a political question. Her clear and well-written portrait of one school puts the issue of language, emotional and sensitive as it can be, in concrete terms of pragmatic educational effectiveness: You can't learn what you don't understand. For anyone who cares about this important issue, or even feels as though they should.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Immigrant Students in Our Public Schools, November 16, 2008

By	Estela Arriaga - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a very good book. The book is written from a California school district perspective, but the pointview of the author reflects what is going on in many schools across the U.S. A good book for all teachers to read, even if you don't teach ESL. The book holds a truth which is, we as teachers must be our students' voice. Read it!!

4.0 out of 5 stars good book, June 27, 2009

By	Groovychic "working, student mom" (reno, nv) - See all my reviews

This was a requirement for a graduate level multicultural education course. It is an easy read and decently interesting. I would have never picked it up for pleasure reading. But, for a required text, it is a good choice.