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Immigrant students and educational systems. Cross-country evidence from PISA 2006

Murat, Marina; Ferrari, Davide; Frederic, Patrizio - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2012

Using data from PISA 2006 on 29 countries, this paper analyses immigrant school gaps (difference in scores between immigrants and natives) and focuses on tracking and comprehensive educational systems. Results show that the wider negative gaps are present where tracking is sharp and less...

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Immigrant students and educational systems. Cross-country evidence from PISA 2006

Murat, Marina; Ferrari, Davide; Frederic, Patrizio - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2012

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Marginalized Students’ Uneasy Learning: Korean Immigrant Students’ Experiences of Learning Social Studies

Choi, Yoonjung; Lim, Jae Hoon; An, Sohyun - In: Social Studies Research and Practice 6 (2011) 3, pp. 1-17

This study explores how recent Korean immigrant students experience learning social studies and how their unique social …-depth interviews with 43 Korean immigrant students in two urban and three suburban/rural areas, this mixed methods study examines … social studies in their everyday classroom contexts. Our data analysis demonstrates that Korean immigrant students face …

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School insertion of foreign students of first and second generation in Italy

Bertolini, Paola; Lalla, Michele; Toscano, Valentina - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2010

immigrant students face with many difficulties in educational attainment preferring a fast entrance in the labour market. …

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Schools choices of foreign youth in Italian territorial areas

Bertolini, Paola; Toscano, Valentina; Tosarelli, Linda - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2010

immigrants peers, the Italian school participation is widely higher. The presence of immigrant students has been analyzed …

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Is There a Nativity Gap? New Evidence on the Academic Performance of Immigrant Students

Schwartz, Amy Ellen; Stiefel, Leanna - In: Education Finance and Policy 1 (2006) January, pp. 17-49

Public schools across the United States are educating an increasing number and diversity of immigrant students …

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