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MOVING STORIES: Educational Pathways of Immigrant Youth

MOVING STORIES: Educational Pathways of Immigrant Youth. C AROLA S UÁREZ -O ROZCO, Ph.D. M ARCELO S UÁREZ -O ROZCO, Ph.D. Co-Directors Immigration Studies @ NYU NYU Steinhardt School of Education www.nyu.education/immigration /. Immigrant Youth. Fastest growing child population

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MOVING STORIES: Educational Pathways of Immigrant Youth

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  1. MOVING STORIES: Educational Pathways of Immigrant Youth CAROLA SUÁREZ-OROZCO, Ph.D. MARCELO SUÁREZ-OROZCO, Ph.D. Co-Directors Immigration Studies @ NYU NYU Steinhardt School of Education www.nyu.education/immigration/

  2. Immigrant Youth • Fastest growing child population ~ Currently 1 in 5 ~ Projected 1 in 3 by 2040 • Highly diverse ~ National origins ~ Race & color ~ Religion ~ Languages ~ Ethnicity ~ Socio-economic

  3. ADAPTATION PATTERNS • Three Pathways ~ Some Outperform Native Born ~ Some Overlap with Native Born ~ Some Achieve Below Native Born • Epidemiological Paradox ~ Physical Health ~ Mental Health ~ Engaging in risk behaviors ~ Academic performance

  4. Longitudinal Immigrant Student Adaptation Study • Longitudinalinterdisciplinary, & comparative • Documenting continuities and discontinuities in immigrant youth’s educational attitudes and adaptations over time • Youth originated in Central America, China, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, & Mexico • Ages 9 & 14 at beginning of study • Recruited from51 schools in 7 school districts in the Boston & San Francisco areas [Ethnographic observations occur in 20 schools] • Thirty graduate level bicultural and multi-lingual research assistants • Funded to date by the National Science Foundation, the W.T. Grant Foundation and The Spencer Foundation.

  5. Research Questions • How does academic performance change over time for newcomer immigrant youth? • What are the pathways of immigrant student performance? • What are the factors that best account for performance? • What is the role of cognitive, relational, and behavioral engagement in academic performance?

  6. Facilitating Immigrant Student Achievement • Recognize protracted nature of academic English language acquisition • Build on strengths while recognizing transient English language limitations • Scaffold on all available linguistic and cultural resources • Mediate learning in a variety of ways • Maintain high but realistic expectations • Foster supportive relationships in school & in after-school contexts • Provide emotional & tangible supports • Between all partners ~teachers and students ~teachers and parents ~inter-student • Recognize diversity not just as a challenge but also as a resource for learning • Embrace immigrant children’s hopes and harness their energies

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