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Abstract
One in four children in U.S. schools are part of an immigrant family, and we need to ensure that there are enough, and culturally sensitive services available to meet their needs and help them succeed educationally. Using a qualitative document analysis framework, the authors deductively coded more than 110 websites to assess the services available to immigrant students in a city in a Mid-Atlantic state of the United States. The results indicate that services included English as a second language services (n=33), tutoring (n=23), parent engagement activities (n=11), summer programs (n=11), college access programs (n=10), and orientation programs (n=9). Together the agencies and schools offer many programs that are reminiscent of collective impact models. We provide recommendations for future research and practice.
Highlights
One in four children in United States (US) schools are part of an immigrant family [1]
The research team conducted a document analysis of websites for local schools, organizations, nonprofits, and local businesses to search for available services and answer the research question: What educational support services are available to immigrant students in the city? A document analysis is a form of qualitative research methods that uses a systematic process to review existing written works in place of interview transcripts [43]
We found that websites discussed educational services targeted for immigrant students including information on: English as a second language, tutoring, parent engagement, summer bridge programs, college access, and orientation programs
Summary
One in four children in United States (US) schools are part of an immigrant family [1]. Hadjar and Scharf [2] suggest that, due to Western societies’ emphasis on meritocracy, education functions as an important tool for immigrants to achieve success in accordance with this ideology. Over the past decade we have seen a variety of crises at the southern border such as large numbers of unaccompanied children [4], families being forcibly separated under the Trump Administration [5], and currently there are restrictions on arrivals leading to encampments in Mexico [6] and Haitians waiting on shores [7]. We assessed the services available to immigrant students in a city in a Mid-Atlantic state of the United States, in order to analyze ways in which we can improve service diversity through a collective impact model to help students to the highest extent possible
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