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subtractive schooling  

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  • Angela Valenzuela developed the concept of subtractive schooling in order to bring into focus several small-scale studies showing the importance of generational status and its influential role among Mexican and Central American students. Of particular interest was an emergent pattern of first-and often second-generation students academically outperforming their third- and later-generation counterparts. [Source: Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education; Subtractive Schooling]

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