f schools arent able to have an onest dialogue with the families in their community, how are they going to agree on the right steps to take? In order to develop a realistic level of standardization, school and familial communication would need to be drastically improved. A few examples of the problems related to poor communication are detailed in both Mike Rose and Richard Rodriguez’s memoirs. Rose, the son of blue-collar Italian Immigrant parents, had been placed on the vocational (remedial) track on the grounds that his name had been confused with another student's (24). Rodriguez who is the son of Mexican immigrant parents hadn’t been placed on a remedial track, but while his family understood the value of education they were hands off in
