TY - JOUR
T1 - Immigrants and education in the u.S. interior
T2 - Integrating and segmenting tendencies in nashville, tennessee
AU - Cornfield, Daniel B.
AU - Arzubiaga, Angela
PY - 2004/1/1
Y1 - 2004/1/1
N2 - On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education (1954), recent global immigration to the U.S. interior compels local education systems that are relatively inexperienced with immigration to address new integrating and segmenting tendencies expressed by the growing and diversifying number of immigrants from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The authors discern 4 patterns of integrating and segmenting tendencies from self-proclaimed education needs expressed in focus groups by African, Asian, and Latin American immigrant residents of Nashville, Tennessee. Integrating tendencies were expressed more frequently than segmenting tendencies by group participants. Results suggest further integration of immigrants into the Nashville education system can be achieved with policies that overcome economic, linguistic, child care, scheduling, and discriminatory barriers to adult and children’s education.
AB - On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education (1954), recent global immigration to the U.S. interior compels local education systems that are relatively inexperienced with immigration to address new integrating and segmenting tendencies expressed by the growing and diversifying number of immigrants from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The authors discern 4 patterns of integrating and segmenting tendencies from self-proclaimed education needs expressed in focus groups by African, Asian, and Latin American immigrant residents of Nashville, Tennessee. Integrating tendencies were expressed more frequently than segmenting tendencies by group participants. Results suggest further integration of immigrants into the Nashville education system can be achieved with policies that overcome economic, linguistic, child care, scheduling, and discriminatory barriers to adult and children’s education.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15327930pje7902_11
DO - 10.1207/s15327930pje7902_11
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85044906625
SN - 0161-956X
VL - 79
SP - 157
EP - 179
JO - Peabody Journal of Education
JF - Peabody Journal of Education
IS - 2
ER -