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Robert Crosnoe - Mexican Roots, American Schools: Helping Mexican Immigrant Children Succeed - 9780804755221 - V9780804755221
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Mexican Roots, American Schools: Helping Mexican Immigrant Children Succeed

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Description for Mexican Roots, American Schools: Helping Mexican Immigrant Children Succeed Hardback. Improving the educational success of the children of Mexican immigrants is crucial to the future prospects of these children as well as to the American population at large. This book documents how various aspects of these children's lives help or hinder their learning in elementary school. Num Pages: 184 pages, 21 tables, 14 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.

The children of Mexican immigrant families are the fastest growing population in American schools today. Education can be the key to a better quality of life, especially for a population that faces breathtakingly high poverty rates and few other opportunities for social mobility. But these children are too frequently considered at risk academically. What more can be done to help them succeed?

Mexican Roots, American Schools offers a fresh take on this timely and critically important issue by focusing on the first years of elementary school and the complex interplay of learning with other aspects of children's lives. Its social ... Read more

Based on the first-ever national study of the school readiness of Mexican immigrant children, this book examines how various aspects of their lives—including health, the home environment, and childcare arrangements—help or hurt their academic performance. Drawing a comprehensive picture, it shows that these children start school behind their peers and only fall farther behind over the years.

The author forcefully maintains that this situation does not need to continue. Crosnoe outlines which factors make the most difference, and recommends policy initiatives that would help change things. In addressing educational inequality, we need to target the earliest years of school and pre-school programs, offer resource centers and services for students and parents, and consider how health and home inevitably seep their way into the schools.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804755221
SKU
V9780804755221
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About Robert Crosnoe
Robert Crosnoe is Associate Professor of Sociology and Faculty Research Associate at the Population Research Center at the University of Texas, Austin.

Reviews for Mexican Roots, American Schools: Helping Mexican Immigrant Children Succeed
"This study provides a valuable new perspective on the degree to which the effects of immigrant status are limited by socioeconomic status in Mexican immigrant families."—CHOICE "Immigration is transforming the race-ethnic landscape of American schools, and the children of Mexican immigrants are the leading edge of this change. Their success in school and the resulting opportunities in adulthood will have ... Read more

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