Describes how fifth-grade teachers and a school library media specialist in Malvern, Pennsylvania collaborated in a student reenactment of the Ellis Island experience. Includes a bibliography of immigration resources and sample background information, identification, entrance papers, and experience of a simulated immigrant. (PEN)

Reviews the literature on Amerasians and offers suggestions for directions in psychotherapy. Provides a brief chronology of Amerasian emigration and associated psychological issues, followed by a discussion of myths and generalizations about Amerasians, research findings, and adjustment issues. (RJM)

Examines the influence of the wave of immigration on the development of the Israeli education system, i.e., the relationship between the number of housing units completed and the number of additional students entering the education system following construction. It reveals no immediate correlation between completion of construction of new…

Provides a descriptive analysis of recent demographic population estimates for Chicanos in the United States. Examines variables such as immigration, language, education, family, geographic distribution, socioeconomic issues, and age. Implications for counseling, research, and policy for the Chicano population are discussed, as are the…

Comments on the prevalence of the expression in France, "a foreign french language," used to designate a variety of activities and institutions devoted to the teaching and learning of French outside of France. The article emphasizes that to affirm the existence of a French language that is foreign to France highlights historical…

Asserts that many children of immigrants are growing up under severely disadvantaged conditions. Poor schools, tough neighborhoods, and lack of role models related to parental poverty make it difficult for these children to achieve academically. Assimilation under these conditions leads to poverty and permanent disadvantage. Asserts that family…

"The Cardinal Principles of Education" (1918) shaped the future of U.S. education. Its objectives were health, command of fundamental processes, worthy home-membership, vocation, citizenship, worthy leisure, and ethical character. The NEA Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education promoted an education that all youngsters…

Outlines the response of public agencies to the Asian immigrant community in Dallas, Texas, and problems that exist for these immigrants. Relates the story of the creation of the "Blue Dragons" Explorer Post that provides social support and service opportunities for Asian-American teens. Includes suggestions for educators from "Blue…

Argues that scientific results about immigration of adolescents into Germany are incomplete. Suggests that theories of adolescence under conditions of migration and immigration ought to be developed within an intercultural comparative perspective, include the concept of cultural space, consider interplay between gender and ethnicity, and…

Reports on increasing difficulties experienced by Chinese students and scholars in obtaining U.S. visas, possibly due to more rigorous examination of individuals in "critical" technological fields following the recent spy case and to the high numbers of Chinese students who do not return to China. Critics claim the visa process is…

Considers how adolescent immigrant females seem to experience difficulty walking the fine line between the "old ways" and the "new ways." Discusses young adult literature dealing with female adolescent immigrant experiences. Reviews three books covering this topic. Gives suggestions for teachers guiding young readers through these books. (SC)

Provides an introduction to school psychology and special educational services in Mexico from information gathered from literature, interviews with administrators, and a tour of facilities. Although the focus is on Mexico, the knowledge gathered can inform practitioners from other nations who serve children for whom immigration and a lack of…

The transgenerational cultural identity model offers a detailed understanding of the immigration experience by challenging agendas of assimilation and by expanding on existing theories of cultural identity. Based on this model, immigration is a complex phenomenon influenced by many variables such as sociopsychological dimensions, family,…

Eminent African American historian Carter G. Woodson in his book "The Miseducation of the Negro," published a generation before the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision, concerned himself not with the racial composition of classrooms and schools, but with the curricula taught both in the schools and the larger culture. Certainly Woodson…

This article describes the efforts and special initiatives of New York City's Administration for Children's Services to improve services to immigrant and English language learner populations. Children's Services convened an immigration issues advisory subcommittee, created special tools for child welfare staff, collaborated with legal agencies to…