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Author Suárez-Orozco, Carola, 1957-

Title Learning a new land : immigrant students in American society / Carola Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, Irina Todorova.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  LC3746 .S83 2008    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description 426 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: the long view on immigrant students -- Academic engagement and performance -- Networks of relationships -- Less-than-optimal schools -- The challenge of learning English -- Portraits of declining achievers -- Portraits of low achievers -- Portraits of improvers -- Portraits of high achievers -- Conclusion: immigration policy dilemmas.
Subject Children of immigrants -- Education -- United States.
Children of immigrants -- Education.
United States.
Academic achievement -- United States.
Academic achievement.
Added Author Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo M., 1956-
Todorova, Irina.
ISBN 9780674026759 hardcover
0674026756 hardcover