Children of Immigration (The Developing Child)
Carola and Marcelo Su rez-Orozco (Transformations: Immigration, Family Life, and Achievement Motivation Among Latino Adolescents), codirectors of the Harvard Immigration Project, have spent two decades researching and studying immigration. The result of their work and experiences, this book addresses how immigrant children fare in America. One fifth of all school-age children in America are children of immigrants (in New York City, the rate is 48 percent), and they speak over 100 languages. What thought has American society given to the special needs of these students? Have we done anything to accommodate them? What have they experienced? The answers to these and many other questions are woven together with moving accounts of immigrant children. It is impossible to read this book without being moved. Highly recommended for academic and public libraries. Sandra Isaacson, OAL/US Environmental Protection Agency, Las VegasCopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.