Various models of immigrant families - schools collaborations : from mandatory implication to partnership
This text focuses on the success of the relationship between immigrant families and school and seeks to understand the original patching up which articulate the families’ as well as the school’s strategies. Indeed, the interdependence between families and schools is historical : depending on societies, cultures and policies, it was instituted in various ways. Based on a research elaborated in Quebec targeting young immigrants and refugees, this article presents several models of families-schools collaborations that are favourable to the youth’s academic success and that integrate various actors, such as, the youth, the parents, the schools and their personnel, and the community.