New Destinations, New Trajectories? The Educational Progress of Hispanic Youth in North Carolina

Autor/inn/en	Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Vigdor, Jacob L.
Titel	New Destinations, New Trajectories? The Educational Progress of Hispanic Youth in North Carolina
Quelle	In: Child Development, 83 (2012) 5, S.1608-1622 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01797.x
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Dropouts; Evidence; Immigrants; Latin Americans; White Students; Dropout Rate; Immigration; Hispanic American Students; Public Schools; Socioeconomic Status; Achievement Gap; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Evidenz; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Latin America; People; Lateinamerika; Bevölkerung; Volk; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	Since 1990, Latin American immigrants to the United States have dispersed beyond traditional gateway regions to a number of "new destinations." Both theory and past empirical evidence provide mixed guidance as to whether the children of these immigrants are adversely affected by residing in a nontraditional destination. This study uses administrative public school data to study over 2,800 8- to 18-year-old Hispanic youth in one new destination, North Carolina. Conditional on third-grade socioeconomic indicators, Hispanic youth who arrive by age 9 and remain enrolled in North Carolina public schools close achievement gaps with socioeconomically similar White students by sixth grade and exhibit significantly lower high school dropout rates. Their performance resembles that of first-generation youth in more established immigration gateways. (Contains 3 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10