User talk:Eiturio

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Hello, Eiturio, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:30, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Citations

American Federation of Teachers. (2016). Immigrant and refugee children: A guide for educators and school support staff. Retrieved from www.aft.org/sites/default/files/im_uac-educators-guide_2016.pdf

American Immigration Council. (2012). Public education for immigrant students: States challenge Supreme Court’s decision in Plyler v. Doe. Retrieved from http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/public-education-immigrant-students-states-challenge-supreme-court’s-decision-plyler-v-do

Borkowski, J. W. (2009). Legal issues for school districts related to the education of undocumented children. Alexandria, VA: National School Boards Association.

Garibay, J., Herrera, C., Johnston-Guerrero, F., & Garcia, A. (2016). Layers of influence: exploring institutional-and state-level effects on college student views toward access to public education for undocumented immigrants. Research in Higher Education, 57(5), 601-629.

Gonzales, R. (2010). On the wrong side of the tracks: Understanding the effects of school structure and social capital in the educational pursuits of undocumented immigrant students. Peabody Journal of Education, 85(4), 469-485. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.libproxy.sdsu.edu/stable/25759044

National Juvenile Justice Network. (2018). Protecting immigrant youth fact sheet. Retrieved From https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/protect_immig_youth-20181217.pdf

Notes

Hi! I have a few notes for you.

The first is that I saw that you used studies as sources. Studies are generally avoided on Wikipedia unless they're accompanied with a secondary source that reviews the study or comments upon the specific claim that is being stated. The reason for this is that studies are primary sources for any of the claims and research conducted by their authors. The publishers don't provide any commentary or in-depth verification, as they only check to ensure that the study doesn't have any glaring errors that would invalidate it immediately. Study findings also tend to be only true for the specific people or subjects that were studied. For example, a person in one area may respond differently than one in an area located on the other side of the country. Socioeconomic factors (be they for the person or a family member) also play a large role, among other things that can impact a response. As such, it's definitely important to find a secondary source, as they can provide this context, verification, and commentary. Aside from that, there's also the issue of why a specific study should be highlighted over another. For example, someone could ask why one study was chosen as opposed to something that studied a similar topic or had different results. To be honest, given the studies I would be surprised if there wasn't secondary sources out there.

Also, make sure that the writing is neutral - you want to make sure that you're not promoting one viewpoint over another. It's easy to find sympathy with undocumented students, but it's important to stay neutral so that the content doesn't come across like we're trying to persuade them to see things in a specific light. I did tweak one sentence, but it's good to review to see if there are any others there.

The work is generally good, it just needs some tweaks. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:33, 16 August 2019 (UTC)