Sentences with phrase «immigrant and refugee students»

LETS Play Our mission is to use sports to help immigrant and refugee students improve their communication skills, language level, and ultimately, their ability to be confident and healthy members of their schools and communities.

And in this struggle, teachers have a special obligation and opportunity to take sustained actions that inoculate young people against Trump's racist poison and defend immigrant and refugee students who are vulnerable to his cruel words and policies.

ESL: English as a Second Language (Considered inaccurate by many teachers, because many immigrant and refugee students come to the country already fluent in multiple languages)

A high school principal who was a child in Iran reflects on what immigrant and refugee students need most: an education that embraces their difference

As most months, there was lots of great work being done, including stories about restorative justice, Betsy DeVos, schools that cut corners to make adults look good, and immigrant and refugee students:

To send a message — to not only my immigrant and refugee students but the LGBT community — that they are wanted, they are loved, they are enough, and they matter.»

The Newcomer Academy is a new summer program the Albany City School District aimed at helping its growing population of immigrant and refugee students adjust to a new language, school and culture.

Manning's global perspective has been instrumental in her current classroom in the Newcomer Center at Ferris High School in Spokane, a place where immigrant and refugee students are provided the opportunity to study English, foundational reading skills, mathematics, and computers.

Immigrant and refugee students bring a wealth of knowledge, skills, and experiences to our classrooms — not to mention the perseverance it took for them to get here in the first place.

Community colleges are also equipped to provide English language training for immigrant and refugee students, so they are a good starting point for strong students with weak skills in spoken and written English.

Not exact matches

Hansen, of the Abbey Group, pointed out that Winooski has prioritized serving food that's familiar to its many refugee and immigrant students.

The Buffalo Partnership Project: A Common Core Collaborative is generating new learning methods for teachers as they instruct many of the refugee and immigrant students at Lafayette.

The Utica City School District has settled a lawsuit with New York state over allegations that it denied equal education opportunities to some refugee and immigrant students.

Dau said the budget gap has a huge impact on the district's ability to help impoverished students, immigrants and refugees.

The issue over the quality of education for refugee and immigrant students was settled this summer.

In one, a student explored media representations of immigrants and refugees.

My students, recent immigrants and refugees from more than 25 different countries, spoke English with varying degrees of fluency, making my task of connecting with...

Students sit inside the «Newcomers» exhibit, where they can follow in the footsteps of immigrants to Western Michigan, like French fur traders and present - day refugees from war - torn countries.

Students of color, immigrant students, refugee students, LGBTQ students — as well as their teachers and families — may feel targeted by federal policies and actions, and deeply Students of color, immigrant students, refugee students, LGBTQ students — as well as their teachers and families — may feel targeted by federal policies and actions, and deeply students, refugee students, LGBTQ students — as well as their teachers and families — may feel targeted by federal policies and actions, and deeply students, LGBTQ students — as well as their teachers and families — may feel targeted by federal policies and actions, and deeply students — as well as their teachers and families — may feel targeted by federal policies and actions, and deeply worried.

There are excellent college - transition programs designed to support low - income, first - generation, refugee, and immigrant students.

Due to a large influx of new immigrants and refugees to the area from Central America, Africa, and the Middle East — most notably Kurdistan and Syria, earning one neighborhood the nickname Little Kurdistan — at least 18 percent of MNPS students are now English - language learners, and a full third of students do not speak English at home.

These schools might already have support systems in place to help recent immigrants from Haiti such as Haitian Creole speaking counselors, and hence might be more prepared to accommodate an influx of Haitian refugees, minimizing the adverse effects on existing students.

Ferede, a former fourth - grade teacher for first and second - generation immigrant and refugee children in a high - needs area in Toronto often saw a disparity between her students» community and the education system.

Just six percent of the incumbent student body of the typical refugee - receiving school spoke Haitian Creole, and only half of all Haitian immigrants (not counting native - born Haitian Creole speakers) are considered limited English proficient.

These data are exceptionally detailed, allowing us to investigate the effects of Haitian refugees on a variety of incumbent students, including non-refugee Haitian immigrants, U.S. - born students of Haitian ancestry, other non-Haitian immigrant students, and so on.

Further, Florida has an established and sizeable Haitian immigrant population and Haitian refugees enrolled in schools with considerable Haitian student populations.

My class will be a United Nations of students — immigrants and refugees who come from more than two dozen countries, including Myanmar, Colombia, Somalia, Iraq, and Brazil.

Increasing Student Achievement through Effective School Leadership: Practitioners» Perspectives explores ways to design support systems for a variety of at - risk student groups including English language learners, immigrant, refugee and low socio - economic stStudent Achievement through Effective School Leadership: Practitioners» Perspectives explores ways to design support systems for a variety of at - risk student groups including English language learners, immigrant, refugee and low socio - economic ststudent groups including English language learners, immigrant, refugee and low socio - economic students.

Manning teaches English to newly arrived immigrants and refugees at Joel E. Ferris High School, where she uses experiential projects like map - making to help her students process trauma, celebrate their home countries and culture, and learn about their new community.

Mandy Manning teaches English and math to refugee and immigrant students in the Newcomer Center at Ferris High School in Spokane, Washington, where she is her students» first teacher once they arrive in the U.S.

Over the course of the past few months, the Student Voice Team has spoken with refugee and immigrant students to not only gain a better understanding of their personal experiences but also hear their take on the new Administration and the worldwide refugee crisis.

I introduced a resolution affirming MMSD's commitment to safe schools for immigrant, refugee, and undocumented students and families, and another demanding transparency in the state voucher program.

As public fears about terrorism hit their highest levels in a decade and anti-Islamic sentiment surges, schools should take extra steps to ensure that Muslim, immigrant, and refugee students feel safe and free from discrimination, the U.S. Department of Education said last week.

Our mission is an educational system that embraces our refugee, immigrant and language minority students and adapting our educational services to provide a learning environment where these students can succeed, integrate and participate fully at all levels.

Facing History and Ourselves will be bringing a group of students, mostly refugees and immigrants, from Boston Public Schools to take part in the event.

At the conference, educators from around Europe and the United States joined together to share how our schools support immigrants, refugees, and other at - risk students.

This PR Power Hour will dive into the needs of immigrant and refugee families and the partnership, engagement and academic strategies schools can use to ensure every student is ready and able to learn.

Resources for working with special populations such as refugees, migrants, students with interrupted education, newcomer immigrants, unaccompanied children, and internationally adopted students follow below.

More than 12 percent of Revere's students are immigrants, many of whom are refugees from war - torn or unstable countries who come to school with limited — or no — English and with interruptions in their education.

Amelia is an English Language Development teacher in the Language Institute at Davis High School in Modesto, California, where she works with immigrant, refugee, and asylum - seeking students from all over the world.

Recently arrived immigrant English learners (RAIELs) are a highly diverse group, encompassing important subgroups such as students with refugee status, unaccompanied minors, and students with limited or interrupted formal education (SLIFEs).

Its students (75 % of whom receive free or reduced - priced lunch; 40 % come from immigrant or refugee backgrounds) still score much lower on achievement tests than do students from more advantaged communities, but their performance has improved significantly, and they now enjoy far stronger opportunities to learn.

As an English language learning educator, Mandy is the first teacher for refugee and immigrant students at Joel E. Ferris High School in the Newcomer Center.

The International Newcomer Center in the Milwaukee Academy of Chinese Language provides intensive English language development and cultural support to newly arrived refugee and immigrant students in grades 5 - 9 in their first year in MPS schools, allowing students to then make a smooth transition to their community school or school of choice.

Their qualitative study of refugee parents in two schools in a declining northeastern city reveals that even in situations of material deprivation, public schools in the global North are more than capable of educating all of their students if they are able to accommodate new cultures of «space - making» and «identity - staking» for immigrant parents in their children's schools.

[3] The area has historically served as an entry point for immigrants and refugees, and the Roseland Public School District claims to serve one of the most diverse student populations in the county.

students worked with The Woman's Fund of Miami - Dade County, a non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of local women and girls; the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a community organization championing the rights of Florida migrant farm workers; the ACLU of Florida; Legal Services of Greater Miami, which provides civil legal services for the poor in Miami - Dade and Monroe County; the Community Justice Project, a nonprofit organization comprised of community lawyers who collaborate with community organizers and low - income communities of color; Catholic Charities Legal Services, which provides immigration services to South Florida's refugee and immigrant community; and Catalyst Miami, an anti-poverty non-profit.

February 6, 2017 — «A $ 25 million donation to the University of Minnesota Law School will solidify a unique partnership between lawyers and students to provide free legal services to immigrants and refugees.»

Structured placements for undergraduate and graduate social work and public health students enable the agency to expand its services to immigrants and refugees, while also providing excellent supervision and mentoring to students.

Tutor various ethnic backgrounds and social groups, including students from refugee camps, immigrants, visiting scholars, au pairs, and new citizens.