The Children of Immigrants at School: A Comparative Look at Integration in the United States and Western Europe

Contents

v Contents Preface vii Richard Alba, Jennifer Holdaway, and Josh DeWind 1 The Integration Imperative: Introduction 1 Richard Alba and Jennifer Holdaway 2 Educating the Children of Immigrants in Old and New Amsterdam 39 Maurice Crul, Jennifer Holdaway, Helga A.G. de Valk, Norma Fuentes, and Mayida Zaal 3 Different Systems, Similar Results: Youth of Immigrant Origin at School in California and Catalonia 84 Margaret Gibson, Silvia Carrasco, Jordi Pàmies, Maribel Ponferrada, and Anne Ríos-Rojas 4 Second-Generation Attainment and Inequality: Primary and Secondary Effects on Educational Outcomes in Britain and the United States 120 Mary C. Waters, Anthony Heath, Van C. Tran, and Vikki Boliver 5 How Similar Educational Inequalities Are Constructed in Two Different Systems, France and the United States: Why They Lead to Disparate Labor-Market Outcomes 160 Richard Alba, Roxane Silberman, Dalia Abdelhady, Yaël Brinbaum, and Amy Lutz vi 6 Promising Practices: Preparing Children of Immigrants in New York and Sweden 204 Carola Suárez-Orozco, Margary Martin, Mikael Alexandersson, L. Janelle Dance, and Johannes Lunneblad 7 The Children of Immigrants at School: Conclusions and Recommendations 253 Richard Alba and Jennifer Holdaway Bibliography 281 Contributors 315 Index 319 ...