The New Immigrants and American Schools - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the New Immigration (Hardcover)

Contents:
Suárez-Orozco, C. and Suárez-Orozco, M. 'Schooling Experiences of the Children of Immigration.' Chapter 5 in Children of Immigration (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, forthcoming).

Ogbu, J. and Simons, H. 'Voluntary and Involuntary Minorities: A Cultural-ecological Theory of School Performance with Some Implications for Education.' Anthropology and Education Quarterly 29 (1998).

Gibson, M.A. 'Complicating the Immigrant/Involuntary Minority Typology.' Anthropology and Education Quarterly 28 (1997).

Portes, A and Macleod, D. 'Educational Progress of Children of Immigrants: The Roles of Class, Ethnicity and School Context.' Sociology of Education 69 (1996).

Kao, G and Tienda, M. 'Optimism and Achievement: The Educational Performance of Immigrant Youth.' Social Science Quarterly 76 (1995).

Brandon, P. 'Gender Differences in Young Asian American's Educational Attainments.' Sex Roles 25 (1991).

Orfield, G., Bechmeier, M.D., James, D.R. and Eitle, T. 'Deepening Segregation in American Public Schools: A Special Report from the Harvard Project on School Desegregation.' Equity and Excellence in Education (1997).

Donato, R., Menchaca, M. and Valencia, R. 'Segregation, Desegregation and Integration of Chicano Students: Problems and Prospects.' In Richard Valencia, Ed., Chicano School Failure and Success: Research and Policy for the 1990s (London, UK: Falmer, 1991).

Gandara, P. 'The Impact of the Educational Reform Movement on Limited English Proficient Students.' In B. McLeod, Ed., Language and Learning: Educating Linguistically Diverse Students (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1994).

Lopez, N. 'The Structural Origins of High School Drop Out Among Second Generation Dominicans in New York City.' Latino Studies Journal 9 (1998).

Waters, Mary. 'Ethnic and Racial Identities of Second-generation Black Immigrants in New York City.' International Migration Review 4 (1994).

Matute-Bianchi, M.E. 'Situational Ethnicity and Patterns of School Performance Among Immigrant and Non-immigrant Students.' In M.A. Gibson and J.U. Ogbu, Eds., Minority Status and Schooling (New York, NY: Garland Publishing, Inc, 1991).

Sue, S and Okazaki, S. 'Asian-American Educational Achievements: A Phenomenon in Search of an Explanation.' American Psychologist 45 (1990).

Reese, L., Balzano, S., Gallimore, R. and Goldenberg, C. 'The Concept of Education: Latino Family Values and American Schooling.' International Journal of Education Research 23 (1995).

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