The Immigrant Paradox

Joanne Jacobs:

The first generation comes to America and struggles, but their children do better and the third generation does even better. That's how it's supposed to work. But scholars are trying to understand the "immigrant paradox," reports Education Week. The Americanized children of immigrants often do worse in school than the foreign-born generation, despite fewer English problems. American-born children have more health problems and are more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs and act violently.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 18, 2009 2:01 AM
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