{"id":322,"date":"2014-09-02T15:20:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T19:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/?p=322"},"modified":"2014-11-12T10:21:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T15:21:15","slug":"september-2014-unaccompanied-minors-by-dr-sattin-bajaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/september-2014-unaccompanied-minors-by-dr-sattin-bajaj\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2014: Unaccompanied Minors by Dr. Sattin-Bajaj"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Unaccompanied Minors: Immigrant Youth, School Choice, and the Pursuit of Equity” by Dr. Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj<\/p><\/div>\n

Dr. Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj<\/strong><\/a>, Assistant Professor and Co-director of the Center for College Readiness recently published a new book by the Harvard Education Press. \u00a0The book, Unaccompanied Minors: Immigrant Youth, School Choice and the Pursuit of Equity, <\/em>will be officially released\u00a0on\u00a0September 30th, but is now available for purchase from Amazon<\/a> and the Harvard Ed Press website.<\/p>\n

Unaccompanied Minors is an important and timely book. Taking readers inside the high school choice experiences of low-income Latino immigrant youth and their families, Sattin-Bajaj articulates a new perspective on the equity debates surrounding the school choice policies being implemented throughout the country. With a humane and intelligent eye, she delivers unparalleled insight into the challenges and opportunities for using choice as a tool to promote greater equity in the era of mass migration. \u00a0Unaccompanied Minors is a must-read for researchers, policy makers, and educators who care about immigrant students and educational equity in the twenty-first century. –\u00a0Marcelo M. Su\u00e1rez-Orozco<\/strong> Dean and Distinguished Professor of Education UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

School choice – now a pillar of education reform in the United States – is widely touted as a strategy for addressing educational inequity. \u00a0Yet efforts to implement school choice can exacerbate, rather than counteract, inequities. \u00a0Unaccompanied Minors<\/em> takes a close look at the experience of immigrant students and their families who are navigating New York City\u2019s mandatory high school choice program. Drawing on rich ethnographic data – including students\u2019 own perspectives on the decision-making process – Dr. Sattin-Bajaj examines the assumptions and expectations underlying the school system\u2019s policies for implementing school choice and contrasts these with the cultural and practical obstacles that prevent many immigrant students from navigating the system effectively. \u00a0Sattin-Bajaj\u00a0distinguishes between \u201cstrategic\u201d and \u201cpassive\u201d choosers and analyzes the constellation of integrated supports, guidance, and normative mes-sages that contribute to a strategic orientation. \u00a0Most importantly, Unaccompanied Minors<\/em> outlines strategic steps schools and districts can take to guide families from all backgrounds through the choice process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, Assistant Professor and Co-director of the Center for College Readiness recently published a new book by the Harvard Education Press. \u00a0The book, Unaccompanied Minors: Immigrant Youth, School Choice and the Pursuit of Equity, will be officially released\u00a0on\u00a0September…<\/p>\n

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