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Learning a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society
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The Long View on Immigrant Students 1. Academic Engagement and Performance 2. Networks of Relationships 3. Less-Than-Optimal Schools 4. The Challenge of Learning English 5. Portraits of Declining Achievers 6. Portrait of Low Achiever 7.Portraits of Improvers 8.Abstract:
Introduction: The Long View on Immigrant Students 1. Academic Engagement and Performance 2. Networks of Relationships 3. Less-Than-Optimal Schools 4. The Challenge of Learning English 5. Portraits of Declining Achievers 6. Portraits of Low Achievers 7. Portraits of Improvers 8. Portraits of High Achievers Conclusion: Immigration Policy Dilemmas Notes References Acknowledgments Index Tables and Figuresread more
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Rethinking the concept of acculturation: implications for theory and research.
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Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design
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Learning to Be Illegal: Undocumented Youth and Shifting Legal Contexts in the Transition to Adulthood
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Civic Engagement and the Transition to Adulthood
TL;DR: Today's young adults, note the authors, are less likely than those in earlier generations to exhibit many important characteristics of citizenship, raising the question of whether these differences represent a decline or simply a delay in traditional adult patterns of civic engagement.
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Learning a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society
TL;DR: Carola Suarez-Orozco and Irina Todorova as discussed by the authors, Learning a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008, 440 pp., $29.95 hb.
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The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children
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TL;DR: In this paper, Minding the gap: Race, Ethnicity, achievement and cultural meanings, beyond belief: Acculturation, Accommodation and Non-compliance, and the conflicts of schooling.
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Learning a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society
TL;DR: Carola Suarez-Orozco and Irina Todorova as discussed by the authors, Learning a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008, 440 pp., $29.95 hb.
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Educating Immigrant Students: What We Need To Know To Meet The Challenges
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TL;DR: The Future for Immigrant Students as discussed by the authors discusses the future for immigrants in the United States and the challenges faced by them in their education and their families in families and communities overcoming language barriers Educational Attainment Learning New Cultures Learning in School Hispanic Students Asian Students Caribbean and African Black Students