Immigrant Children Research Paper
Rakiya Witwer SW 112 3/14/16
Investing in Children Through Education and Early Childhood Care Reading Response (Week 9)
My reading response focus is on the policy brief ? The Future of Immigrant Children? by authors Ron Haskins and Marta Tienda. The Latino population in the US accounts for a huge percentage of schoolchildren and many of these children are falling behind in school. Being bi-lingual creates a learning barrier that puts Latino children behind other racial groups in terms of academic achievement. There is a low educational achievement among immigrant children, which can be addressed with policy changes that would increase preschool attendance, improve teaching in English and increase their attendance at post secondary level of education. These policy changes aims to improve achievement of Latino children, which would ultimately lead to increased social and economical mobility and also productivity on a national level. Individual socio-economic mobility and national productivity are two main concepts that make it important to close the achievement between immigrant children and other racial groups. Through educational opportunities there is a chance for immigrant children to escape a life of poverty. …show more content…
According to Haskins and Tienda (2011) it would grant amnesty, cost taxpayers a lot and also deprive legal citizens educational benefits. (p. 6). The argument negates the fact that many of these immigrants are hardworking members of the society and they are also paying taxes even though they are here illegally. The idea that the dream act will only encourage more illegal is fear mongering and plays into the narrative about immigrants coming in and taking our jobs, while it?s the same jobs like housecleaning and gardening that nobody wants to do. These jobs by the way contribute in a big way to the American
Investing in Children Through Education and Early Childhood Care Reading Response (Week 9)
My reading response focus is on the policy brief ? The Future of Immigrant Children? by authors Ron Haskins and Marta Tienda. The Latino population in the US accounts for a huge percentage of schoolchildren and many of these children are falling behind in school. Being bi-lingual creates a learning barrier that puts Latino children behind other racial groups in terms of academic achievement. There is a low educational achievement among immigrant children, which can be addressed with policy changes that would increase preschool attendance, improve teaching in English and increase their attendance at post secondary level of education. These policy changes aims to improve achievement of Latino children, which would ultimately lead to increased social and economical mobility and also productivity on a national level. Individual socio-economic mobility and national productivity are two main concepts that make it important to close the achievement between immigrant children and other racial groups. Through educational opportunities there is a chance for immigrant children to escape a life of poverty. …show more content…
According to Haskins and Tienda (2011) it would grant amnesty, cost taxpayers a lot and also deprive legal citizens educational benefits. (p. 6). The argument negates the fact that many of these immigrants are hardworking members of the society and they are also paying taxes even though they are here illegally. The idea that the dream act will only encourage more illegal is fear mongering and plays into the narrative about immigrants coming in and taking our jobs, while it?s the same jobs like housecleaning and gardening that nobody wants to do. These jobs by the way contribute in a big way to the American