Sentences with phrase «immigrant students went»

In less than two years after the implementation of the new initiative, the average mean percentile test scores of more than a million immigrant students went up by 40 percent.

As Deputy Public Advocate, Reshma partnered with the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) to create New York's DREAM Fellowship to help hardworking undocumented immigrant students go to CUNY.

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In August, Quinn signed the Illinois Dream Act, which allows immigrant students, under certain circumstances, to move toward U.S. citizenship if they go to college or serve in the U.S. military.

In an e-mail sent out to supporters, Lebarty, a West African immigrant who went to Far Rockaway High School and currently works as the executive director for the University Student Senate for the City University of New York, said his campaign finances had prevented him from continuing in the race.

I hold certain identities near and dear to my heart — as a 1.75 - generation immigrant from Peru; the oldest of six children; a child of a low - income, single - parent family; a first - generation college student — the list goes on.

What they saw was sobering but not surprising: Despite attempts to close achievement gaps between students of color, immigrant students, and low - income students and their more affluent white peers, wide disparities persisted in student performance on state tests, graduation rates, school attendance, and college - going rates.

The immigrant students were educated as ambassadors in sustainable development and they went from school to school to share their knowledge to Finnish students.

In 2001, he became founding principal of Bronx International High School, a dare - you - to - beat - the - odds school for poor immigrant students, which went on to receive some of the best scores among peer institutions in the city.

Anyone looking for more perspective on the Nigerian immigrant path should pick up Adichie's most recent novel, Americanah, which comes out in paperback next month — its heroine, Ifemelu, goes from cash - strapped immigrant student to an acclaimed academic.

As an undergraduate engineering student, Abhyanker's parents, Indian immigrants who owned a computer store, went bankrupt and lost the business.