Books by Leonard A. Valverde

This book is a comprehensive guide for educators and policy makers who are ready to create schools for Latinos (particularly Mexican Americans), such that students will be successful in learning and achieving in K-12 grades and college and help to advance society in the 21st century.

Suggesting that due to multiple unfavorable circumstances, public schools have been unable to educate America's most disadvantaged student population - Latinos, this book contends that it is imperative to reinvent schools in order to provide a viable education for these students.

Examines the challenges and dilemmas facing minority members who choose the route of educational leadership. This book includes a list of suggestions concerning activism, leadership style, institutional politics, mentorship, and roles to help those who contemplate a career path in the field of education.