"It's Created by a Community": Local Context Mediating Districts' Approaches to Serving Immigrant and Refugee Newcomers

Autor/inn/en	Hopkins, Megan; Weddle, Hayley; Bjorklund, Peter, Jr.; Umansky, Ilana M.; Blanca Dabach, Dafney
Titel	"It's Created by a Community": Local Context Mediating Districts' Approaches to Serving Immigrant and Refugee Newcomers
Quelle	In: AERA Open, 7 (2021) 1, (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hopkins, Megan) ORCID (Weddle, Hayley) ORCID (Umansky, Ilana M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-8584
Schlagwörter	School Districts; Immigrants; Refugees; Social Networks; Community Support; Cultural Influences; Social Integration; Educational Policy; Inclusion; Equal Education; Kindergarten; Elementary Secondary Education; Administrator Attitudes; Mexican Americans; Hispanic American Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School district; Schulbezirk; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Flüchtling; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Soziale Integration; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Inklusion; Hispanoamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	Literature examining the context of reception reveals how various structural and cultural factors shape newcomers' experiences, and thus their opportunities for integration. Fewer studies explore how school districts are situated in this broader context of reception, or how district policies and practices for newcomers are enabled or constrained by the local context. This study draws on a zones of mediation framework to examine how external forces mediated districts' approaches to serving growing numbers of immigrant and refugee newcomers. Analysis of interviews with 57 stakeholders from across three districts revealed that the presence or absence of community-based support networks, as well as the extent to which local policies and perceptions emphasized inclusion, mediated districts' programmatic approaches. Implications for district and community leaders are discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01