Sentences with phrase «immigrant students who»

They include a «Later to Literacy» program that supports the literacy needs of ESL students; the «Village of Attachment,» where staff, families, and community members create a web of support around the most vulnerable students; «Youth in Transitions,» an after - school program that works closely with students alongside their parents; and «PAWS,» a program designed to help immigrant students who entered the school system late in their high school years develop fundamental skills for success.

This report by Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) examines the data on the SIFE population and profiles twelve immigrant students who should have been identified as SIFE by their schools.

It can be a challenge for teachers to find reading materials that are engaging to older immigrant students who are learning to read in English.

Sixty UFT members from across the city learned how they can help immigrant students who are at risk of harassment and deportation at an immigration training session at UFT headquarters in Manhattan on Dec. 7.

The programs are made available to English - language learners, immigrant students who are native speakers of the second language, and native English speakers.

In a speech last year, he defended immigrant students who are living illegally in the United States.

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She said she doesn't want any groups of students or young workers unintentionally left behind by whatever changes the Liberals ultimately decide upon, but suggested that future changes would look to target vulnerable populations like indigenous youth and new immigrants, who have a harder time accessing the job market.

And the people who fulfil these positions include students, retirees, and many new immigrants to Canada.

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As Matthew Soerens and Jenny Hwang note in their book, Welcoming the Stranger, a large number of undocumented immigrants are Asian students who've allowed their student visas to expire.

By the time Heineman was succeeded by Pete Ricketts in January, Nebraska was the only U.S. state where so - called Dreamers — undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. before they were 16 — couldn't apply for a driver's license, student aid or a work permit.

In June 2013 the Telegraph revealed that of 2,000 suspected sham weddings over three months in 2012, 50 % involved immigrants who entered the country as students.

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.

State leaders and advocacy groups have accused the board of making decisions that favor private school students at the expense of public school children, many of whom are low - income, have disabilities or are immigrants who don't speak English.

They have already voted against another bill known as the Dream Act that would provide aid for college students who are undocumented immigrants.

He does propose to expand financial aid to those college students who are undocumented immigrants, but he proposes no expansions in the state's Tuition Assistance Program, which provides benefits to all students in need.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to give another break to immigrant Dreamers by extending free public college tuition to students who were brought into the United States illegally as kids.

A new version of the SAT has longer and harder reading passages and more words in math problems, which some educators and college admissions officers to fear will penalize students who have not been exposed to a lot of reading, or who speak a different language at home — like immigrants and the poor.

One, Dr. Dhanpaul Narine, a Guyanese immigrant who is a «special» education teacher, emphasizes «special» education issues from the perspective of a teacher, not a student or parent, and accordingly seeks to segregate disabled students from their peers and neighborhood schools.

The dispute is complicated by the fact the public school population is increasingly made up of low - income families, immigrants who do not speak English and students with disabilities.

They have already voted against another bill, known as the Dream Act, which would provide aid for college students who are undocumented immigrants.

In an interview with POLITICO New York, Alcantara, a Dominican immigrant who last Tuesday won a four - way primary to replace outgoing state Sen. Adriano Espaillat, said one of her main priorities is passage of the so - called Dream Act, which would open up state tuition assistance programs to undocumented, college - bound students.

They include further raising the state's minimum wage, and passing a Dream Act to give financial aid to immigrants who are college students.

Hershenson suggested that decreased state funding would hurt immigrant and minority students, and he appealed to those in attendance who were representing the offices of elected officials.

The budget also increases state tuition assistance funding for public and private college students, though not those who are the children of undocumented immigrants.

The budget also increases state tuition assistance funding for public and private college students, though not for those who are the children of undocumented immigrants.

«Assemblymember Malliotakis has made her career in Albany as a Trump - style conservative who has voted time and time against commonsense legislation, from raising the minimum wage to marriage equality and helping young immigrant students,» de Blasio spokesperson Dan Levitan told Gotham Gazette.

Patient recruitment is an enormous problem in many medical studies, and researchers often end up paying for the participation of students, poor people, drug abusers, the homeless, illegal immigrants, and others who may not adequately represent the population in terms of health or lifestyle.

We may be a nation of immigrants, but our educational system is failing many of the students who will be core members of society in the near future.

Also at the gala, the 2018 Courage Awards will be presented to Suzette Grillot, dean of OU's College of International Studies, who has been a passionate advocate for student immigrants, and to the late Clara Luper, an Oklahoma Civil Rights pioneer who led the nation's first youth sit - ins in the late 1950s.

The romance between an art student at Duke University and the bullrider she meets at a local rodeo is unexpectedly impacted when they save the life of an elderly widower, compelling him to re-live his loving WWII - era marriage to an immigrant teacher who inspires him to amass a remarkable modern art collection which eventually helps the cowboy save his family's ranch.

For educators who work with immigrant students, the weight of that burden requires new support services and a distinctive kind of outreach, particularly as young people move through high...

An Immigrant Story Students write biographies of immigrants who made significant contributions to their adopted country.

Of those Latino students, more than half will be second - generation Americans, born in the United States to at least one parent who is an immigrant.

As educators and experts assess the quality of student mental - health services in light of the deadly shootings last month at Virginia Tech, the gunman's immigrant background is focusing attention on what those who work with immigrants say is a lack of services tailored to such groups.

College Leaders Urge Trump, Others to Protect Undocumented Students The Boston Globe, 11/22/16)» «People are taking [Trump] at his word and so preparing for the worst,» said Roberto Gonzales, an assistant professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education who specializes in the education of immigrants and Latino studentsStudents The Boston Globe, 11/22/16)» «People are taking [Trump] at his word and so preparing for the worst,» said Roberto Gonzales, an assistant professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education who specializes in the education of immigrants and Latino studentsstudents.»

What inspired me throughout the year was receiving various media offers to share my story with the public and as a result getting e-mails from undocumented immigrant students and U.S. citizens who mentioned how inspired they were after reading or hearing my story.

In 2006, when Mande was one of 50 students who won an essay contest held by Oprah Winfrey on the book Night by Elie Wiesel, her best friend declared she had won only because of her life in the Congo and her U.S. immigrant status.

Many of our students» parents are immigrants who can credit their own interest and ability in mathematics with allowing them to come to this country.

Daughter to Mexican immigrant parents who were in search of a better life in the U.S., and as a first - generation college student, this year and this award have been beyond our wildest dreams.

Perhaps our problem is the number of students, compared with those in Europe, who come from immigrant and non-English-speaking homes and the number who come from minority groups still suffering the consequences of various kinds of deprivation.

Rosa Fernandez, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who graduated from New York City's Manhattan International High School, put it this way in The Schools We Need, a publication by and for high school students produced by the nonprofit organization What Kids Can Do: «Small schools are perfect for teenagers, because we need people to be warm and care about us, to be after us — otherwise, we might take the wrong road.»

For Greenhow, part of that dedication comes from the potential of social networking sites to increase opportunities to students who come from lower - income or immigrant backgrounds.

Educators who work with immigrant communities want to know how to best support students and their families.

Tens of thousands of Latino students helped fuel rallies across the country last week against federal proposals to crack down on immigrants who are in the United States illegally.

We look separately at the effects on the outcomes of Haitian - born incumbent students, other immigrant students, U.S. - born Haitian Creole speakers, other U.S. - born black students, other U.S. - born non-black students, limited English proficient students, those who are not English language learners, children with mothers who have less than a high school diploma, children with mothers who have a high school diploma but no other education, and children whose mothers attended college.

Some might try to comfort themselves by saying the problem is limited to large numbers of students from immigrant families, or to African American students and others who have suffered from discrimination.

Eighteen - year - old Sahmina Rahman, the U.S. - born daughter of immigrants from Bangladesh, is one of a small number of South Asian high school students here who have joined protests against federal proposals to crack down on illegal immigration.

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.

The policy issue that concerned students the most was the Trump administration's statements about immigration, including the deportation of undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children and are known as «dreamers.»