A recent study reveals that second-generation immigrant students perform better in academics than the first-generation and even third-generation immigrant students.
Second generation immigrant students were found to outperform first-generation students on standardized tests. They also earned better grades than their third-generation peers.
For decades, researchers have pointed to a phenomenon known as the “immigrant paradox,” which meant that immigrant kids start to show risky behaviors involving increased drug use and violence over successive generations.
