Education and Immigration

Name: Education and Immigration
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ISBN: 9780745648323

ISBN-10: 0745648320

ISBN-13: 9780745648323

Edition: 2012

Authors: Grace Kao, Elizabeth Vaquera, Kimberly Goyette

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Education is a crucially important social institution, closely correlated with wealth, occupational prestige, psychological well-being, and health outcomes. Moreover, for children of immigrants – who account for almost one in four school-aged children in the U.S. – it is the primary means through which they become incorporated into American society. This insightful new book explores the educational outcomes of post-1965 immigrants and their children. Tracing the historical context and key contemporary scholarship on immigration, the authors examine issues such as structural versus cultural theories of education stratification, the overlap of immigrant status with race and ethnicity, and the…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 1/18/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.80" wide x 8.20" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English




Education and the American Dream



Becoming American (or Not): Paths to Assimilation



Historical Overview of Immigration



Educational Attainment and Socioeconomic Status of Immigrant Adults



Educational Achievement and Outcomes of Children in Immigrant Families



Language and Educational Success



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