Education and Immigration

by Grace Kao, Elizabeth Vaquera, Kimberly Goyette

Book Overview

Education is a crucially important social institution, closely correlated with wealth, occupational prestige, psychological well-being, and health outcomes. Moreover, for children of immigrants - who account for almost one in four school-aged children in the U.S. - it is the primary means through which they become incorporated into American society.

This insightful new book explores the educational outcomes of post-1965 immigrants and their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745648320
• ISBN13: 9780745648323
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.2"