Going Home? Schooling in Mexico of Transnational Children

Authors

Víctor Zúñiga, Universidad de MonterreyFollow
Edmund T. Hamann, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

10-29-2006

Comments

Published in CONfines2/4 agosto-diciembre 2006. Copyright 2006. Used by permission.

Abstract

The literature in international migration from Mexico to the U.S. has usually examined labor, juridical, political, and public health dimensions of the phenomena. However, the educational aspect of international migration is becoming a major concern for both countries. This article offers preliminary results from a survey of transnational students coming back from the U.S. to Mexican schools. The database includes information from a representative sample of public and private schools of Nuevo León (1st to 9th grade). It includes estimates of the number of transnational students, their school trajectories, and perspectives on their educational experience in both countries.