California's immigrant children : theory, research, and implications for educational policy / edited by Rubén G. Rumbaut and Wayne A. Cornelius.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: University of California, San Diego. Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
Other Authors: Rumbaut, Rubén G., Cornelius, Wayne A., 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego, Calif. : Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego, 1995.
Series:U.S.-Mexico contemporary perspectives series ; 8.
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Table of Contents:
  • Educating California's immigrant children : introduction and overview / Wayne A. Cornelius
  • The new Californians : comparative research findings on the educational progress of immigrant children / Rubén G. Rumbaut
  • Segmented assimilation among new immigrant youth : a conceptual framework / Alejandro Portes
  • Additive acculturation as a strategy for school improvement / Margaret A. Gibson
  • Korean and Russian students in a Los Angeles high school : exploring the alternative strategies of two high-achieving groups / Mia Tuan
  • The psychological dimension in understanding immigrant students / Amado M. Padilla and David Durán
  • The cultural patterning of achievement motivation : a comparison of Mexican, Mexican immigrant, Mexican American, and non-Latino white American students / Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco and Carola E. Suárez-Orozco
  • Testing the American dream : case studies of at-risk southeast Asian refugee students in secondary schools / Kenji Ima
  • School restructuring and the needs of immigrant students / Laurie Olsen
  • Are our schools really failing? / Richard Rothstein
  • Commentary : politics, education, and immigrant children in New York City : is nothing sacred? / Karen Shaw.