Sentences with phrase «mexican immigrant families»

The Burden of Deportation on Children in Mexican Immigrant Families (PDF - 1,229 KB) Dreby (2012) Journal of Marriage and Family, 74 Presents outcomes from interviews with members of Hispanic families regarding the burden and worry of deportation on children.

Children of Mexican immigrant families represent one of the fastest growing student populations in the United States.

Regression models with nationally representative data revealed that children from Mexican immigrant families were overrepresented in parental care and underrepresented in center - based care compared to their native peers from other race / ethnic populations, which helped to explain a significant but small portion of their generally lower rates of both math achievement and externalizing symptoms in kindergarten.

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Setting aside for the moment the impact on families and communities, Evercore noted that such an exodus «would likely hit demand» for Constellation brands because Mexican immigrants» beer capita consumption is about two times the general population.

Perez Williams, who comes from a family of Mexican immigrants, is one of the four remaining candidates in a race for mayor that, for most of the year, was

Perez Williams, who comes from a family of Mexican immigrants, is one of the four remaining candidates in a race for mayor that, for most of the year, was primarily dominated by white men.

Mothers in the program are mostly Mexican immigrants; though their culture prioritizes family support, the women often find themselves isolated from their extended family, Garcia said.

La Boda de Valentina (R for profanity) Marimar Vega plays the title character in this romantic comedy about a Mexican immigrant in love with a New Yorker (Ryan Carnes) who's being pressured by her family to return home to marry her ex-boyfriend (Omar Chaparro).

At a community action group comprised of Mexican immigrants, one woman explains of the terrible ordeal she and her daughters went through to get across the border, and her utter determination to make this new life for herself and her family speaks volumes about the significance of multi-cultural communities and building homes away from home.

As a Mexican American, I was born into a low - income, working class, immigrant family in Dallas, Texas.

Drawn by jobs in the rose fields and iron foundries, Mexican immigrants began settling here with their families in the 1970s.

Chartering empowers thousands of African American families to create a vibrant new public - school sector in Harlem; it liberates a group of Minnesota teachers to start and run their own schools; and it provides a Teach for America alum the freedom to start a network of college - prep charters serving Mexican immigrants in Texas.

Except for Black children, Mexican, Asian, and White children in immigrant families are less likely to use center - based care compared to their counterparts in non-immigrant families.

These data allow the reader to begin to understand what the culture of schooling means to Mexican children and families and, hopefully, how to emulate strategically this culture in feasible ways that promote meaningful educational experiences and outcomes for Mexican immigrant children in the U.S. Specifically, data discussing el grupo escolar (the school group), el turno matutino vs. el turno vespertino (morning vs. afternoon shifts), and el comité de padres (the parent committee) are presented.

In 2000, 39 percent of all children from immigrant families - families in which at least one parent is foreign - born - were of Mexican origin.

If educators assume that the main purpose of working with families is to promote academic achievement in the classroom and at home, they can miss other important ways in which Mexican American and other immigrant families support their children's development, such as by seeking out advice from trusted members of the community or by participating in church or other community organizations (Poza, Brooks, & Valdés, 2014).

Education Northwest Researcher Claudia Rodriguez - Mojica delivered an inspirational closing session on her life as a daughter of Mexican immigrants and her experience as the first child in her family to attend college.

The son of undocumented Mexican immigrants who have since become U.S. citizens, Gomez experienced firsthand the ways in which certain occupations are reduced to invisibility and, though essential, are written out of the primary narrative of a family, building, or public space.

Risk, conflict, mother's parenting, and children's adjustment in low - income Mexican immigrant, and Mexican American families