Contents
Foreword?Angela Valenzuela, PhD ?xi
Acknowledgments?xv
1.??Welcome to the Beautiful Struggle?1
Embracing Students With Authentic Cariño From Day One?2
Why This Case Study Matters?5
What Does it Really Mean to Care??7
Authentic Cariño?11
The Study?15
The School?17
Preview of Chapters?20
2.??Familial Cariño: Deeply Knowing and Supporting Students?23
Familial Cariño: Life-Affirming, Healing-Centered, and Authentic?25
Institutionalizing Familial Cariño?27
Firewalks: Schoolwide Rituals That Exemplify Familial Cariño?45
Tensions in Familial Cariño?49
Closing Reflections?55
3.??Intellectual Cariño: Cultivating Engaged Pensadoras?57
Intellectual Cariño: Analytic, Responsive, and Rigorous?59
The Four Pillars of Intellectual Cariño?60
Institutionalizing Intellectual Cariño?68
Tensions in Intellectual Cariño?92
Closing Reflections?96
4.??Critical Cariño: Nurturing Strong Sociocultural Identities, Political Awareness, and Civic Engagement?97
Critical Cariño: Political, Liberatory, and Humanizing?98
The Relation Between Critical Cariño and Critical Pedagogy?102
Critical Cariño Enacted?105
Institutionalizing Critical Cariño?125
Tensions in Critical Cariño?130
Closing Reflections?136
5.??Authentic Cariño: Braiding Together Familial, Intellectual, and Critical Care?138
Weaving the Trenza of Authentic Cariño: Understanding Authentic Cariño?s Prevalence at MHS?141
Ya Basta, Enough Is Enough: Authentic Cariño Confronts Violence?148
Closing Reflections?160
Conclusion: Seguir Adelante?Moving Forward?163
Lessons From MHS?163
Challenges?166
Recommendations for Moving Forward?169
Closing Reflections?170
Appendix A: A Reflexive Recap of Research?171
Appendix B: Roster of MHS Certificated Staff With Biographic Detail?189
Appendix C: Roster of Prominent MHS Staff and Community Partners?191
Appendix D: Course Assessment Summary Sheets Distributed to Students?193
Appendix E: Classroom Observation Analysis Instruments and Their Constructs?197
Appendix F: Teacher Focus Group Protocol (Department)?201
Notes?203
References?211
Index?227
About the Author?237