"As education has been increasingly lauded as the path to achieving the 'American Dream,' Mart???in S???anchez-Jankowski utilizes extensive participant observation to examine how low-income students navigate the education system. With compassion and rigor, Potholes in the Road explores the dynamics of the multiple interrelated obstacles that low-income students must surpass in order to make educational transitions successfully from high school to college. Using extensive ethnographic research, S???anchez-Jankowski explores ...
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"As education has been increasingly lauded as the path to achieving the 'American Dream,' Mart???in S???anchez-Jankowski utilizes extensive participant observation to examine how low-income students navigate the education system. With compassion and rigor, Potholes in the Road explores the dynamics of the multiple interrelated obstacles that low-income students must surpass in order to make educational transitions successfully from high school to college. Using extensive ethnographic research, S???anchez-Jankowski explores the mythic pull of the 'American Dream' and how obstacles of social capital, wealth, and culture make achieving such a dream through education nearly impossible"
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