Immigration And Education America - 1963 Words

Carlos Carrizosa Professor Yanez-Chavez BRS 430-Immigration and Education November 23, 2014 Immigration and Education Review â€Å"Our nation is built upon a history of immigration, dating back to our first pioneers, the pilgrims. For more than three centuries, we have welcomed generations of immigrants to our melting pot of hyphenated America: British-Americans; Italian-Americans; Irish-Americans; Jewish-Americans; Mexican-Americans; Chinese-Americans; Indian-Americans,† Ami Bera, American physician and United States (U.S.) Representative for the Democratic Party. Like other foreign individuals that live in the U.S., Ami Bera is of Indian decedent and credits the opportunity given to him by our country to education and government assistance†¦show more content†¦The U.S. is a nation that has seen an influx of immigrants enter the country and obtain careers that seem to stereotype certain ethnic groups: Asian-Americans are advanced in electronics; Indian-Americans in the medical field; Jewish-American’s in the legal field; Mexican-Americans in the agri cultural field, etc. From the stand point of education, we often wonder why certain ethnic groups do well in certain careers paths and ask, What is so different about the education system outside the U.S. that prepare immigrants entering the U.S. to succeed? After reviewing the article, The Education of Immigrant Youth: Some Lessons from the U.S. and Spain by Margaret A. Gibson and Silvia Carrasco, the article highlights some of the strengths and differences identified in the education system between the U.S. and Spain. The focus of the study pitted California and Catalonia Spain in regards to the immigration overview of both territories, the comparison to the educational systems, and the strength and challenges they face in education. California has a K-12 population that speaks a language other than English at 44% which is double the national rate of 20% (Gibson and Carrasco pg. 250). Spain has become the second largest country behind the U.S. with the number of immigrants they en counter annually based upon their location to Europe’s southern border that has become a gateway for legal and undocumented immigrants from Africa and the