Me perdía en la escuela: Latino newcomer youth in the U.S. school system
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2020-04-01
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Hannah Selene Szlyk, Jodi Berger Cardoso, Liza Barros Lane, Kerri Evans, “Me Perdía en la Escuela”: Latino Newcomer Youths in the U.S. School System, Social Work, Volume 65, Issue 2, April 2020, Pages 131–139, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swaa001
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This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Social Work following peer review. The version of record Hannah Selene Szlyk, Jodi Berger Cardoso, Liza Barros Lane, Kerri Evans, “Me Perdía en la Escuela”: Latino Newcomer Youths in the U.S. School System, Social Work, Volume 65, Issue 2, April 2020, Pages 131–139, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swaa001 is available online at:
https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swaa001
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Unaccompanied minors, or “newcomer youths,” come to the United States from Mexico and Central America to escape violence and persecution, and to seek financial and academic opportunities. Many newcomer youths arrive with gaps in their formal education attributed to the immigration process and the heterogeneity of their pre-U.S. lives. Once they are enrolled in the U.S. school system, many educators struggle to accommodate the academic needs of these students. Drawing on the framework of social and cultural capital, this article aimed to expand the current knowledge on the experiences of Latino unaccompanied youths in the U.S. school system. A thematic analysis of semistructured interviews with 30 newcomer students and 10 key informants revealed six themes: socialización con los demás compañeros (getting along with the other students); poca confianza (little trust); no sé lo que decían (I do not know what they were saying); it is a hard landing; education, interrupted; and estoy agradecido (I am grateful). The article offers suggestions for school social workers and educators on how to promote academic success, student resilience, and school connectedness for a vulnerable youth population.