'Futuro Brillante'/Bright Future: Creating a School for Newcomer Youth

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14

Immigrants; Institutional Characteristics; School Effectiveness; Educational Cooperation; Partnerships in Education; School Community Relationship; Curriculum Development; Case Studies; Undocumented Immigrants; Emergency Shelters; Access to Education; Safety; Elementary Secondary Education; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; Resilience (Psychology); English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Educational Practices

This study highlights the collaborative efforts undertaken to create a temporary school called "Futuro Brillante" in San Diego County, California, to provide educational services for more than 3,000 unaccompanied undocumented minors who had newly arrived in the U.S. The study describes the compelling trajectory of the school's development, its multisector community partnerships, its core facilitating organizational conditions, and the key curriculum strategies that facilitated the school's success.

As Provided

2023

ED633101