The Children of Immigrants at School explores the 21st-century
consequences of immigration through an examination of how the
so-called second generation is faring educationally in six
countries: France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden
and the United States. In this insightful volume, Richard Alba and
Jennifer Holdaway bring together a team of renowned social science
researchers from around the globe to compare the educational
achievements of children from low-status immigrant groups to those
of mainstream populations in these countries, asking what we can
learn from one system that can be usefully applied in another.
Working from the results of a five-year, multi-national study, the
contributors to The Children of Immigrants at School ultimately
conclude that educational processes do, in fact, play a part in
creating unequal status for immigrant groups in these societies. In
most countries, the youth coming from the most numerous immigrant
populations lag substantially behind their mainstream peers,
implying that they will not be able to integrate economically and
civically as traditional mainstream populations shrink. Despite
this fact, the comparisons highlight features of each system that
hinder the educational advance of immigrant-origin children,
allowing the contributors to identify a number of policy solutions
to help fix the problem. A comprehensive look at a growing global
issue, The Children of Immigrants at School represents a major
achievement in the fields of education and immigration studies.
Richard Alba is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the City
University of New York's Graduate Center. His publications include
Remaking the American Mainstream (with Victor Nee) and Blurring the
Color Line.
Jennifer Holdaway is a Program Director at the Social Science
Research Council, where her work has focused on migration and its
interaction with processes of social change and stratification.
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