https://www.fcd-us.org/two-generation-strategies-and-involving-immigrant-parents-in-childrens-education/
Abstract
Intervening in the parent generation can improve current and future prospects in the child generation. Such two-generation strategies target either parents’ life circumstances or parenting behaviors. Because many immigrants do not have the English capabilities, inside knowledge about schools, or social standing, engaging them more fully in the educational process in the home, school, and community could bring academic returns for children. This paper describes two-generation approaches to the education of young children from immigrant families that center on parental involvement in education. It focuses on Latin American and Asian immigrants, who make up the bulk of the immigrant population.
This paper comes from an Urban Institute rountable on young children of immigrants funded by the Foundation for Child Development.