Educating Immigrant Students: What We Need To Know To Meet The Challenges

By Judith Preissle Goetz and Xue Lan Rong

The authors summarize current information on socioeconomic, demographic, linguistic, and educational characteristics of immigrant students aged 5-18 to help you better assess the impact of these diverse groups on your school or district. This book identifies potential problems and challenges associated with educating our immigrant students. It considers the educational implications surrounding these questions:

Who are the current immigrants? How are they different from previous immigrants and from one another? What is their level of English language acquisition? How does the educational achievement of immigrants, their native-born children, and their grandchildren compare with that of native-born American students?

Rong and Preissle examine immigration and how it interacts with race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, social class, and residential location, as addressed by schooling theories and practices. The authors assess the effectiveness of today′s policies and present conclusions and recommendations with implications for future policy and practice. This book is a valuable resource for anyone involved in making education policy. It offers crucial insights for all educators working with immigrant students.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803963068
• ISBN13: 9780803963061
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Corwin
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.3"