The Unsettling Impact of Migration on Education

Session Submission Type: LASA Section Presentation

Abstract

The movement of people from one country or region to another is an aspect of globalization – the free flow of goods, services, capital, and labor across national and geographical boundaries. This panel focuses on how education is shaped by migration, especially in areas of intense migration, specifically in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Argentina, and among Hispanics in the U.S. In Puerto Rico and Mexico, the panelists analyze the impact on the schools and communities left behind by out-migration. In Argentina, the goals and practices of schools are shown to be misaligned with the needs of migrant children. In the U.S., educational outcomes for Hispanic migrants are shown to be far below those of non-Hispanic whites.

Sub Track

• Section Presentation

Session Organizer

• Erwin H Epstein, Loyola University/Chicago

Chair

• Oresta López Pérez, El Colegio de San Luis

Individual Presentations

• Cuatro décadas después del fenómeno de los niuyoricans: impacto en la educación puertorriqueña de las nuevas olas migratorias desde y hacia Puerto Rico - Nydia Lucca - Irizarry, University of Puerto Rico; Reinaldo Berríos, University of Puerto Rico

• Waiting to Leave: Education in a Mexican Migrant Town, 1940-2000 - Magda Banda, Morton College

• The Challenges of Educating Immigrant Students in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. - Maria Fernanda Astiz, Canisius College

• The Return-on-Education Gap between Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Whites - Gabriela Sanchez-Soto, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Joachim Singelmann, Department of Demography; Andrea Bautista, UTSA

Discussant

• Erwin H Epstein, Loyola University/Chicago