Sentences with phrase «for immigrant children»

Schools are required to provide equity education for immigrant children.

Making matters worse for immigrant children is the fact that many enter poor school districts with insufficient English language learner courses and certified teachers.

And in a hostile political climate, she let everyone know our schools are safe spaces for immigrant children.

Some commentators who oppose better programs for immigrant children would say that school districts can not afford them because immigrants do not pay their fair share.

Professor Steglich is currently President of the Board of the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights.

Early in the century «day nurseries» were provided for immigrant children, and day - care centers sprang up during both world wars to accommodate the children of women working to support the war efforts.

But we must ensure that ESL classes are increased for immigrant children so they can learn in their native language.

«Today, no battle is more important to me,» said Linares, who has served as New York City's Immigrant Affairs Commissioner, «than the fight to make a college education possible for all immigrant children by passing the Dream Act in New York.»

The present analysis has therefore reduced the CPS imputed Medicaid costs for immigrant children in the Medicaid and CHIP programs by 50 percent in the «current law» analysis.

(He noted that he was not comfortable paraphrasing the mayor's remarks, but after Republicans won control over the State Senate, the mayor told reporters he will still try to achieve his left - leaning goals, such as increasing the minimum wage in New York City above the state level and passing the DREAM Act, which provides tuition assistance for immigrant children.)

Carranza's priorities rang familiar to New Yorkers Monday as he stressed lower reliance on testing, a focus on social services, LGBTQ rights, support for immigrant children and closing racial achievement gaps.

The IDC members pointed to their support for codification of Roe v. Wade into state law and also the DREAM Act, which would expand higher - education opportunities for immigrant children, among other policies.

However, high hopes and high expectations for immigrant children often run headlong into hard realities in the educational system.

«As a person with tremendous intellectual gifts, including an earned law degree at Boston College, he has dedicated himself to opening schools for immigrant children through the Jesuit order.

Upon arriving at UCLA in 2012, he founded the Institute for Immigrant Children, Youth, and Families, which he co-directs with Dr. Carola Suárez - Orozco, UCLA Ed & IS professor of education.

Laura recently completed an internship at NWIRP where she advocated for immigrant children seeking asylum from gang violence and neglect.

Her areas of research include cultural and situational contexts of child development, early childhood professional development, father - child relationships in urban communities, and early childhood services for immigrant children and families.

Limitations include generalizability due to the limited ethnicity and gender of the subjects and the small number of health indicators investigated for immigrant children.

While in law school, she interned for the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights at the University of Chicago, representing unaccompanied minors in deportation, asylum and related proceedings.

Things will likely get worse for immigrant children will likely in the next few months if the Trump Administration moves to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the initiative started under the Obama Administration to exempt emigres brought to the country as children from deportation.

Schneiderman said Lasher as his chief of staff «was a driving force behind some of our office's most groundbreaking work, including our investigation of fossil fuel companies, our unprecedented work to stop misconduct by landlords and building owners, our partnership with the New York State Education Department to ensure access to education for immigrant children, and our work to provide bulletproof vests to police officers and stop online sales of illegal guns»

«For immigrant children, these risks may be aggravated by language barriers, documentation status, and discrimination.»

Kaufman actively volunteers as a guardian ad litem with the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights, where she provides comfort and a voice for children who have been separated from their families and now face removal proceedings alone.