Coming of Political Age: American Schools and the Civic Development of Immigrant Youth

Contents

contents List of Figures and Tables vii About the Authors xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction High Schools and the Future of Our Democracy 1 Chapter 1 Immigration, U.S. Schools, and the Changing Youth Vote 14 with Molly Dondero Chapter 2 Adolescents’ Families, Schools, and Communities: Shaping Political Engagement in Young Adulthood 33 Chapter 3 Children of Immigrants and Their Schools 45 Chapter 4 Academic Opportunity and Stratification Among Children of Immigrants and Children of Native-Born Parents 62 Chapter 5 Social Science Preparation and the Adolescent Children of Immigrants 78 Chapter 6 Schools and the Political Participation of Children of Immigrants 97 Chapter 7 Conclusions and Implications: Adolescent Children of Immigrants and Their Schools 121 vi Contents Appendix: Data and Methods 133 Notes 143 References 145 Index 163 Callahan.indb 6 2/4/2013 12:15:42 PM ...