The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2021

Not all undocumented children are as lucky — from February through May of this year 58,809 unaccompanied immigrant children have been temporarily detained in shelters. The reality is that schools are not prepared to adequately integrate and support the needs of unaccompanied immigrant children.?. We can do better. Through the Plyler v.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2023

We are overlooking a segment of potential students and workers who could help address both challenges: immigrants and refugees. Millions of immigrants are either unemployed or underemployed in the U.S. At the same time, employers, including higher education institutions, have been grappling with intense staff shortages.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2019

Lian had learned to read and write in English while living in Malaysia, where her family waited for two years to immigrate to the U.S., A2G is a yearlong high school acceleration program designed for immigrant students. The current topic is immigration. citizens fear immigrants?” They know they will always be immigrants.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

Louisiana principals voted Friday to amend a rule that had barred some immigrant students from playing high school sports. Related: Immigrant students find hope in soccer, but some states won’t let them play. Florida requires immigrant students to present official U.S. Photo: Casey Parks/The Hechinger Report. citizens or not.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

For generations, immigrant strivers have called East Boston their Gateway to America. That’s why teachers and schools like ours across the country are doing their life’s work, nurturing the dreams of students in the heart of an immigrant community. Related: After a hate crime, a town welcomes immigrants into its schools.

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The Jose Vilson

JANUARY 3, 2024

Chris Sommerfeldt Of course, we have good research suggesting that immigrants don’t raise the crime rate. This was also in the midst of the Great Depression, Jim Crow laws, and growing tensions when millions of immigrants came to this country from several parts of Europe.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2017

Despite sizable challenges in technology and internet access and experience, immigrant Hispanic families are among the most likely to prioritize technology purchases that will support their children’s education, according to a new survey. Access is still a troubling issue among this group. for a long time.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2018

In this 2017 photo, students present their history projects at a New York City high school for recent immigrants and refugees. A new study finds that most immigrant groups meet or surpass average U.S. immigrants are actually relatively well-educated. Photo: Meredith Kolodner. population, according to the most recent data.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2023

system,” said Nicolas Rollason, partner and head of business immigration for the London-based law firm Kingsley Napley. Related: How other countries are recruiting skilled immigrants who won’t come here Other countries are eagerly taking advantage of the difficulties of the U.S. We are a beneficiary of the failures of the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The Louisiana High School Athletic Association requires all student-athletes to present some proof of age — a birth certificate or official immigration papers — along with a social security number. Florida requires immigrant students to present official U.S. But high school athletics associations each have their own rules.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2023

Community Impact and Student Leadership In 2018, I worked with a group of students who inspired the creation of MIStudentsDream , a community organization focused on immigration and education justice. To achieve this, they planned a youth-led teach-in on immigration justice. Quickly, we learned that this was a complicated issue.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

But now a pair of researchers has found that one particular group of students might especially benefit from being held back in third grade: immigrants. “The United States is in the midst of the second largest immigration wave in its history.” Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The need has gained new urgency as the immigrant population in the U.S. Politicized clashes over the nation’s immigration policy have seen the governor of Texas busing migrants newly arrived across the Mexican border to cities like New York , Chicago and Denver. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2022

If you aren’t familiar with the concept of sanctuary schools , the broad understanding is that they are a set of policies to support and protect immigrant and undocumented students and their families. Immigrants are scared in many places, but school shouldn’t have to be one of them." That’s not ok.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2016

In 2010, to better serve this population, the Syracuse City school District created a new position — nationality workers — to serve as a bridge between new immigrant communities and the schools. At a recent daylong event for parents in Syracuse, two English-speaking teacher-facilitators introduced immigrant parents to the intricacies of U.S.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

That’s because the federal policy that has, for the past 10 years, given immigrant youth who lack permanent legal status in the U.S. In 2012, the DACA program was implemented by the Obama administration as temporary relief for young immigrants who grew up in the U.S. the ability to work and pay for college has been effectively cut off.

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eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2024

She heard stories about immigrant families braving dangerous routes to get to the United States. She said it’s “heartbreaking” to hear people, particularly elected officials, make hurtful blanket statements about immigrants. Others are from India, China, and various Arabic-speaking nations. We’re very rural.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Working with nonprofit organizations like CUNY CLEAR and the Center For Constitutional Rights , the teams developed apps, synthesized data, and designed graphics to support the organizations’ efforts educating immigrants and protecting minority rights in an event titled, “ Hack the Ban.” “It It was kind of insane.

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MindShift

AUGUST 4, 2019

When Fahmo Abdi and her family immigrated to the United States from Kenya, they lost contact with all of their loved ones. ” Nevertheless, she still considers her family fortunate: “Not every immigrant gets to find their loved ones alive.” Here are some of the standout student podcasts about immigration.

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

Today’s teachers, many of whom are digital immigrants—people who transitioned from an analog world to a digital one—must find ways to reach digital native students and their caregivers. Non-natives could be considered “digital immigrants.” 1] Many educators, especially digital immigrants, struggle to find the best way to do this.

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ASIDE

JANUARY 18, 2016

Source: ASIDE 2016 With the continual debate in our nation's government over the immigration policy, and the political rhetoric of the current crop of presidential candidates, it is no wonder that our students have misinformation and questions about immigration.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The small number of schools applying for waivers to open such alternative programs might suggest there’s little demand for bilingual education among immigrant parents. Read more about immigration. The post How can being bilingual be an asset for white students and a deficit for immigrants? At Muñiz, they add a new one.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 10, 2024

every day, buses line the driveway of this afterschool program for immigrant and refugee children in Charlotte. About 230 refugee and immigrant students attend ourBRIDGE for Kids, an afterschool program in Charlotte that’s been helping Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools find chronically absent students. CHARLOTTE, N.C.

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Waterford

JULY 9, 2020

When she was just five years old, Sophie Cruz gained national attention when she gave Pope Francis a letter asking him to advocate for undocumented immigrants in the U.S., Immigrants just like my dad feed this country. They deserve an immigration reform.”. like her parents. I have a right to be happy. Jasilyn Charger.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Perhaps declining test scores reflect the challenge of educating new immigrants. However, the OECD didn’t find a statistically significant correlation between immigration and academic performance on average. In the United States, immigrants outscored students with native-born parents in math after adjusting for socio-economic status.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2023

She was born in Mexico and immigrated to the United States at age two with her mother. Sonny Metoki, higher education analyst, The Education Trust in Tennessee Maqueo Toledo is one of about 19,000 undocumented immigrants in Tennessee between the ages of 16 and 24, according to an analysis of 2015 to 2019 U.S. even after it expired.

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Edutopia

JANUARY 14, 2016

Photo credit: Daniel Torres-Rangel Emily Lee & Nanor Balabanian Culturally Responsive Teaching Two teachers' research and ELA unit explored students' own family immigrant stories while creating a storytelling experience as a vehicle for empathy, community, and great writing.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Many undocumented students cannot This lack of access to dual enrollment is just one of the persistent barriers that immigrant students encounter in their pursuit of higher education and career success.

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Edutopia

APRIL 6, 2016

Sara Burnett Literacy "I'm From" poems, multicultural poetry collections, and the poetic artifacts of immigration history can teach valuable language arts as well as the rich tapestry of American culture.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2023

My journey as an immigrant from a small town in Africa’s smallest mainland country, The Gambia, to the biggest city in the United States, with its many diverse cultures, has given me a unique perspective. As a new immigrant in high school, I once wore a Gambian outfit to school: a white embroidered three-piece kaftan with matching pants.

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Digital Promise

MAY 16, 2019

Growing up in an immigrant community, speaking two languages never felt out of place. By chance, or by luck, we lived in a house down the street from a community center run by BakerRipley , a nonprofit organization focused on helping immigrants settle into their new homes in Houston.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Now in his 10th year of teaching , John’s students have gained national recognition as champions for children and immigrants like them through music videos and other digital content they create and share across platforms as @9thEvermore (on YouTube and Twitter/X ). Topics range from immigration to kids without fathers.

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Edutopia

MAY 28, 2015

Sara Burnett Social and Emotional Learning Create empathic moments in the classroom with a safe, welcoming environment for students to tell their family's immigration stories through the modalities of digital storytelling.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Adult education remains critical for workers who are looking to advance economically, including those in low-wage earning jobs, opportunity youth, immigrant-origin adults, and parent learners. How does this affect adult learning providers? We know that adult learners already represent about 14 percent of the U.S. population.

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Edsurge

JULY 25, 2023

far in their past, Latinos are unique in that many students and teachers are the children or grandchildren of immigrants — or immigrants themselves. Her own parents immigrated from Mexico when they were still in their teens. Persevering Through Tough Times While other American communities might have tales of coming to the U.S.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Where are America’s immigrant families settling, and where are their children going to school? With immigrant populations in rural and small-town America on the rise, the answer, increasingly, is everywhere. EL and immigrant students collectively speak over 400 languages. They collectively speak over 400 languages.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

These could be dubbed the possible “off-grid” students, which could be recently arrived immigrants, transient families, or those that fall into something between school […]. On the attrition problem, let’s start with the fact that there are 13.5

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