Is America’s Social Fabric Corrupting Immigrants? – The New York Times
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Tag: immigrant paradox
The Immigrant Paradox – Neatorama
Posted onImage source: Flickr Brown University – “The Immigrant Paradox” NY Times columnist David Brooks asks: Are new immigrants wrecking the social fabric of the United States? Or is it the other way around? Is America corrupting them instead? Back in 2010, researchers from Brown University have noticed that first generation immigrant children generally outperform second […]
Exploring the ‘Immigrant Paradox’: Q & A with Cynthia Garcia Coll – Education Writers Association
Posted onImage source: ewa.org logo OCTOBER 20, 2011 MAUREEN KELLEHER FIGUEROA For more than a century, assimilation into American culture has been held up as a positive goal for immigrants to pursue.But a just-released book that highlights research on first-generation immigrant children and adolescents, including Latinos, shows that recent immigrant children are more likely to succeed in school and avoid […]