Monday, October 24, 2011

Study finds education gap for illegal Mexican migrants' children

It makes sense that children with unstable homes, moving around a lot, would not do as well in school. - - Donna Poisl

By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times

The majority of children of illegal immigrants from Mexico in the Southland fail to graduate from high school, completing an average of two fewer years of schooling than their peers with legal immigrant parents, a new study has found.

The study by UC Irvine professor Frank Bean and three other researchers documented the persistent educational disadvantages for such children — who number 3.8 million, with about 80% born in the United States.
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