PB#02: A portrait of U.S. children of Central American origins and their educational opportunity
Bryant Jensen and James Bachmeier
Educational opportunity—access to high quality schooling—is a critical aspect of social mobility and integration in the United States. This policy brief provides a demographic portrait of children with Central American heritage, with a focus on educational opportunity. We describe educational outcomes as well as some institutional conditions and family circumstances associated with opportunity and we offer four recommendations to improve educational opportunity of Central-American-origin children.
PB#10 Central American children and youth schooling in Mexico: Generations 1.5 and 2.0
Rodrigo Aguilar Zepeda and Silvia Giorguli
Although the number of Central American migrants in Mexico continues to be lower than the population in the United States, we know very little about Central American children and youth—as well as their families—who are established in Mexico as a temporary option or as a destination. What are their lives like? What disadvantages do they face in order to achieve full integration into Mexican society? How are migrant children integrated into the Mexican education system?
