About 4.5 million of U.S.-born children live in “mixed-status families,” that is, they have parents and siblings who are undocumented immigrants. As in every other American home, these children experience their families as a unit that shares bloodlines, lineage, affection, and interdependence. The fact that they don’t share legal status,… read more
Spring 2017
The sound of Texas
When professor Clay Shorkey is not busy teaching or directing the Learning Resources Center, he dedicates time to preserving the sound of Texas. He is a co-founder of the Texas Music Museum, which pays tribute to Tejano music and musicians through oral histories, recorded performances, and artifacts such as the… read more
How to improve school performance
Professor Esther Calzada helped develop ParentCorps, a program that teaches young children skills such as expressing their emotions, and coaches parents and teachers in how to encourage positive behaviors. Recent research in New York City public schools that serve predominantly poor students shows that by second grade, children at schools… read more
