Sentences with phrase «many immigrant students»

But if an immigrant student graduates and launches a business, or an immigrant gets an H - 1B to work at Google and then leaves to launch a startup, there's no category for them to fit into.

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.

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

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

«The Governor's support for the federal DACA program, our immigrant students and passage of the Dream Act affirms the value these individuals have in our society.

These include equal protection regardless of immigration status, critical civil rights for immigrant students, and the mandate that the state provide health care and coverage to low - income and immigrant New Yorkers.

Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos, of Long Island, has said he would support a component of the legislation that establishes a private fund to provide scholarships for 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.

North Babylon schools will enact new measures designed to protect the rights of immigrant students trying to enroll, under an agreement reached with the state attorney general.

Recently issued guidance on the Dignity for All Students Act and on the rights of immigrant students is now available in the top 20 languages spoken in New York State, state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia announced.

The Westbury school district on Long Island has agreed to guarantee immigrant students» constitutional right to an education by entering a settlement with the state attorney general's office that puts in place monitoring and reporting requirements until 2019.

Cuomo warned congressional Democrats to «exercise extreme caution» in negotiating a deal with Trump aimed at restoring an Obama - era program that has shielded thousands of immigrant students and young adults in the U.S. without documentation from deportation.

When it comes to passing the DREAM Act to grant college tuition assistance to undocumented immigrant students, and the Education Investment Tax Credit to incentivize private donations to parochial and public schools, Mr. Cuomo's office said he would prefer to pass them in the budget, but if they are not included they could be passed later.

Touching on Albany's recent corruption crises, emphasizing a need to rally against entrenched labor interests, and pushing for greater resources for immigrant students and small businesses, Cuomo adopted a genial tone on the whole, addressing audience members as «my friends.»

Dual language programs help immigrant students flourish in the classroom, and provides them with opportunities to succeed in life.

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

The report, Safe Havens: Protecting and Supporting New York State's Immigrant Students — released by The Education Trust — New York, Advocates for Children of New York, the New York Immigration Coalition and The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc. — finds that while the New York State Education Department (SED) and the Attorney General's Office, as well as several individual school districts, have taken a number of important steps, there is much more to do.

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.

For the fourth consecutive year, the Assembly budget would include the New York State DREAM Act and invest $ 27 million to provide eligible immigrant students with access to the state's Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), scholarships and opportunity programs.

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

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.

«IDS speaks out: No immigration control = no welfare reform Main Cameron stopped Theresa May imposing work restrictions on immigrant students»

The Act would allow undocumented immigrant students to apply for state tuition assistance, expand access to the State's 529 College Savings Program, and create a private scholarship fund available to undocumented students.

«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.

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.

«Connecting disadvantaged immigrant students to community resources may boost school achievement.»

Archive Illegal immigrant students grapple with US dating The News Room.

As our nation wrestles with the immigration issue more broadly, a concern raised across the political spectrum is how the public schools can best educate immigrant students.

The absence of high - performing public schools, and the lack of emphasis on American civics or expectations for good citizenship, will hurt our nation's youth and will certainly handicap our Hispanic immigrant students and their families most by impeding the assimilation process.

A modern integration movement must incorporate immigrant students and English language learners.

These are sorely missing in America's public schools, hurting all children, especially immigrant students.

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...

This three - part series — running in installments on May 4, May 11, and May 18, 2005 — examines the influx of immigrant students into six heartland states and the impact those students are having on public schools.

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 worried.

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.

Dana Mitra's excellent book Student Voice in School Reform is also valuable because it prominently includes the voices of students of color and immigrant students, voices that are not well represented in Goyal's book or many of the good films on school reform.

The public is equally divided as to whether school districts should receive extra federal assistance if they have a sizable percentage of immigrant students.

This special report examines challenges and strategies for educating some of the most vulnerable students in the nation's schools, including youths in juvenile detention facilities, immigrant students fearing deportation, homeless students with disabilities, and foster children.

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

About 40,000 immigrant students come into the Canadian public school system every year, due to Canada's high rates of immigration per capita.

That limited sharing could unintentionally reduce immigrant students to stereotypes.

Immigrant students have the determination, grit, perseverance, and problem - solving skills we say we value — and that we're told are critical to 21st - century learning.

We need our schools to provide immigrant students with rigorous English training while also tapping into their strengths.

EL and immigrant students collectively speak over 400 languages.

At the high school level, educators can empower immigrant students to facilitate conversations across difference with native - speaking peers and staff.

As college tuition rates march upward, lawmakers in about a dozen states are divided over measures that would make it easier for undocumented immigrant students to qualify for in - state tuition rates.

In other words, immigrant students have the determination, grit, perseverance, and problem - solving skills we say we value — and that we're told are critical to 21st - century learning and achievement.

Portraits of Promise Michael Sadowski What factors contribute to the success of high - achieving immigrant students in the United States?

In some countries, there are also large differences among students from different home backgrounds and in 23 countries and economies, students without an immigrant background reported a stronger sense of belonging than immigrant students, even after accounting for socio - economic status.