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Alba, Richard; Silberman, Roxane – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: The educational fate of the children of low-wage immigrants is a salient issue in all the economically developed societies that have received major immigration flows since the 1950s. The article considers the way in which educational systems in the two countries structure the educational experiences and shape the opportunities…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Mexican Americans, Residential Patterns, Educational Attainment
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Rivkin, Steven G. – Sociology of Education, 1994
Asserts that school districts' efforts to integrate schools have failed to ameliorate the racial isolation of black students. Finds that schools remain segregated primarily because of continued residential segregation and that school integration efforts have had little long-term effect on residential segregation. (CFR)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Blacks, Civil Rights, De Facto Segregation