Immigrant Student Achievement and Education Policy: Cross-Cultural Approaches

Louis Volante, Don Klinger, Ozge Bilgili

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Abstract

Examines the pressing challenge of integrating recent immigrants into education systems to enable them to become productive members of society .
Outlines the achievement gaps that exist between non-immigrant and immigrant student groups across a diverse cross-section of nations.
Describes the evolution of education policies designed to address the performance disadvantage of immigrant students’ across various cultural and educational contexts.
Provides a cross-cultural analysis of the effectiveness of various policy responses.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherSpringer
Number of pages214
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-74063-8
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-74062-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Publication series

NamePolicy implications of research in education
Volume9

Keywords

  • Academic achievement
  • Education and state
  • Immigrant students
  • EDUCATION

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