Comment: Rural Immigration Center for Rural Strategy has released a study that shows the positive impact of immigration on rural areas. Rural counties with more immigrants also tend to be performing better economically. Rural America’s foreign-born residents may be moving to counties that have more jobs, but immigrants also create more economic opportunity when they get…
Evidence shows that the «immigrant paradox» may exist in education. BY MYLIEN DUONG, QUARTZ April 16, 2015 A recent study reveals that second-generation immigrant students perform better in academics than first-generation and even third-generation immigrant students. Second-generation immigrant students were found to outperform first-generation students on standardized tests. They also earned better grades than their third-generation peers. For…