School policies, biased teachers hamper immigrant children's learning
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 08:00
in Psychology & Sociology
(Phys.org) —U.S. high school "sink or swim" placement policies that propel immigrant students into courses that they're linguistically and academically unprepared for – or conversely, that funnel all newcomers into remedial courses or service-oriented vocational programs – may undermine these students' academic success and their motivation to learn, new research suggests.