Abstract
The image of children of Hispanic migrant farm workers has been constructed in a way that locks them in a perpetuating cycle of failure. Consequently, many educators believe these children will never escape this restrictive hold. Sadly, many migrant students have been led to think their fate is to follow this path of hopelessness that has been imposed upon them for generations. The attrition rates among the migrant student population are staggering. Barriers that impede migrant student success are well documented (e.g. Clements, King, Gao, Friend, Picucci, Durón, & Laughlin, 2009; Gouwens, 2001; Romanowski, 1992; Salinas & Fránquiz, 2004).
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Garza, E., Jr., E. (2013). Academically Invulnerable and Resilient Hispanic Migrant Children. In: Hall, J. (eds) Children’s Human Rights and Public Schooling in the United States. Constructing Knowledge, vol 5. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-197-9_10
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