Sentences with phrase «immigrant students face»

It's not surprising that many educators struggle to understand and address the challenges English language learner (ELL) and immigrant students face.

Despite the daunting circumstances many immigrant students face, the solution is rather simple — to show we care, value, and welcome immigrant students as full members of the school community, while respecting the importance of retaining their culture and individuality.

ELL and immigrant students face unique challenges.

Immigrant students facing language and cultural barriers are another part of the mix, adds Paris Svoronos, chair of the chemistry department at Queensborough Community College in Bayside, New York.

Not exact matches

He championed a $ 15 minimum wage and enacted a 12 - week paid family leave policy; got strict gun control into law; introduced a free (though imperfect) college tuition program for certain students; banned fracking; allocated $ 10 million for a defense fund for immigrants facing deportation; and raised the age for juvenile offenders to 18.

In a class with immigrant and first - generation Asian American students, educators need to have a broad sense of the difficulties that these children might be facing.

Through their stories, viewers gain insight into situations and challenges faced by immigrant students and their families.

Her book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City (University of California Press 2010), challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture — the clothing, music, and tough talk — to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students and children of immigrants as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives.

The diversity of student backgrounds is reflected in their research interests, which include the development of compassion and gratitude in children, the challenges faced by immigrant children and corporate leadership coaching.

Her forthcoming book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City (University of California Press 2010), challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture — the clothing, music, and tough talk — to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students and children of immigrants as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives.

Immigrant students also face challenges in terms of securing financial aid, but we've done extensive research on available funding and continue to help them navigate the process of qualifying for scholarships and grants.

«Teachers shouldn't highlight only the challenges newcomers have faced, which could unintentionally reduce immigrant students to stereotypes.

She has written extensively about the situations of immigrants and English - language learners in a number of settings, and she co-produced and directed Living Undocumented: High School, College, and Beyond, a documentary about the challenges that undocumented students face.

«Dreamer» Shares Her Drive with Other Immigrant Students Arizona Daily Star, 8/29/15 «Even qualifying for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — which gives young immigrants relief from deportation and the opportunity to work legally — they still face an uphill battle, said Roberto Gonzales, assistant professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.»

Meeting the Education Needs of Immigrant Newcomers April 21, 2015 Teen students from other countries face challenges beyond just learning English when they start school in the United States.

In this post, Mary Martinez - Wenzl describes many of the challenges students face when making this transition and lists changes in policy and practice that schools can make to better support immigrant newcomer students.

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.

Facing the issue of cultural diversity, inclusion in Canada seems more effective than in the United States, especially in terms of bridging the gap among various student groups (e.g., native students and immigrant students).

What would happen if I had two middle schools in my suburban town and one had a lottery — and one didn't and the one with the lottery ended up with the students who are less poor, face less language issues, don't come from immigrant, have fewer special education students....

Dr. Preston identifies 5 barriers to college readiness facing immigrant students and students of color: 1.

Regardless of the reason, whether a student decided to study externally to gain international experience, or to take advantage of more practical legal training offered in schools such as in the United States, or because the applicant is an immigrant with a law degree from another country, they face unique hurdles in finding articling roles (assuming that they do not qualify for an exemption from the Experiential Training requirement.