Sentences with phrase «serving immigrant children»

Even the famed «steamer classes» that served immigrant children in the cities of the East and Midwest often did not keep them in school beyond the first year or two.

«At the core of our Catholic schools, we have always had traditional cultural parishes that served immigrant children,» Lichon said.

Not exact matches

Each band member is either an immigrant or the child of immigrants, and the record serves as an exploration and examination of the immigration experience in 2016 America.

«Today, no battle is more important to me,» said Linares, who has served as New York City's Immigrant Affairs Commissioner, «than the fight to make a college education possible for all immigrant children by passing the Dream Act in New YorImmigrant Affairs Commissioner, «than the fight to make a college education possible for all immigrant children by passing the Dream Act in New Yorimmigrant children by passing the Dream Act in New York.»

The amount of money that the AND receives from the food industry is fairly insignificant in terms of the AND's overall budget, but the work that thousands of registered dietitians are doing in under - served communities, with children and families, with the elderly, with immigrants in helping improve health is worth billions of dollars in terms of health care savings.

Unlike the experience of past immigrants, for today's millions of Hispanic children the public schools no longer serve as the mechanism for their assimilation as Americans.

Ours are not Hispanic schools; they are classic American schools, which serve all its students, including Hispanic immigrant children.

Yoshikawa, who previously served as a professor at New York University's Steinhardt School of Education, focuses his research on the development of young children in immigrant families, and the effects of public policies on children's development.

Piney Branch Elementary serves an incredibly diverse group of 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders, from the children of übereducated white and black middle - class families, to poor immigrant children from Latin America, Ethiopia, and Eritrea, to low - income African American kids.

Phoenix Charter Academy Network — which operates charters in Chelsea and Springfield — serves youths who have dropped out of or been expelled from school, have struggled with truancy and chronic absenteeism in the past, are court involved, are pregnant or parenting children of their own, or are recent immigrants.

Most urban Catholic schools were originally built to educate the children of European immigrants; today, they mostly serve poor African American and Latino students.

Americans for Immigrant Justice Non-profit law firm that champions the rights of unaccompanied immigrant children; advocates for survivors of trafficking and domestic violence; serves as a watchdog on immigration detention practices and policies; and speaks for immigrant groups who have particular and compelling claims toImmigrant Justice Non-profit law firm that champions the rights of unaccompanied immigrant children; advocates for survivors of trafficking and domestic violence; serves as a watchdog on immigration detention practices and policies; and speaks for immigrant groups who have particular and compelling claims toimmigrant children; advocates for survivors of trafficking and domestic violence; serves as a watchdog on immigration detention practices and policies; and speaks for immigrant groups who have particular and compelling claims toimmigrant groups who have particular and compelling claims to justice.

So districts must be prepared to serve every child — including children with disabilities, children from immigrant families and dual - language learners, children who are experiencing homelessness, and children who've experienced trauma.

Findings are couched in the context of improving practices and policies in U.S. schools that serve Mexican immigrant children.

It also serves the purpose of assisting teachers, LEAs, SEAs, administration and other educational staff «develop and enhance their capacity to provide effective instructional programs designed to prepare English learners, including immigrant children and youth, to enter all - English instructional settings» and to encourage parent and community engagement in the ELL community.

As communities strive to ensure the success of all children, it is important that policymakers and early education professionals identify and respond to the needs of immigrant families so that teachers, schools, and early childhood programs are prepared to serve these children.

Coming from an immigrant background herself, Sung - Ae is deeply convicted about the need to serve ALL children no matter what background and ensure that they have an equal opportunity for a great life in this country.

Documents in this Toolkit include: Tool 1: The Birthdates of Refugee Children and the Impact on Grade Placement Tool 2: Schools and Refugee - Serving Agencies: How to Start or Strengthen Collaboration Tool 3: Refugee Child Welfare: Guidance for Schools Tool 4: Refugee and Immigrant Youth and Bullying: Frequently Asked Questions Tool 5: Federal Requirements to Provide Interpretation / Translation in the Schools http://www.brycs.org/publications/schools-toolkit.cfm

Cultural Diversity E604: Assessment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students for Special Education Eligibility (2000) E584: Critical Behaviors and Strategies for Teaching Culturally Diverse Students (1999) E650: Diagnosing Communication Disorders in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (2003) E500: Empowering Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Learning Problems (1991) E500s: Reforzando a los alumnos Diversos Culturalmente y Lingüí con Aprendizaje (1999) E596: Five Strategies to Reduce Overrepresentation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education (2000) E520: Identifying and Serving Recent Immigrant Children Who Are Gifted (1993) E601: Infusing Multicultural Content into the Curriculum for Gifted Students (2000) E589: The Implications of Culture on Developmental Delay (1999) E566: Reducing the Disproportionate Representation of Minority Students in Special Education (1998) E544: Underachievement Among Gifted Minority Students: Problems and Promises (1997) E614: Cultural Reciprocity Aids Collaboration with Families (2001)

John DeMelas, a Philadelphia - born son of Sardinian immigrants who attended art school after serving overseas in the U.S. Army and later worked as an offset printer — and who with his wife raised three children on Pine Street, where he still lives — never expected to have a show.

In the four lot parcel, seven community groups serving children with special needs, immigrant children and their families, people in drug treatment programs, as well as individual family gardeners come together — spanning various demographics, united by a common love of gardening — to grow food, congregate and avail themselves of much need respite in planted space.

He was appointed by the President of the Florida Bar to serve on the Florida Bar Commission on the Legal Needs of Children, has served on the Boards of Directors of Florida's Children First and the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, and the National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC) National Children's Law Office Project Advisory Board.

A member of the Florida Bar Commission on the Legal Needs of Children, he has served on the boards of directors of Florida's Children First, the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, the National Association of Counsel for Children Law Office Project Advisory Board, among others.

Allen's past and present pro-bono work includes serving as a volunteer appellate lawyer for the Mercer Law School's Habeas Corpus Project and the Georgia Public Defender's Standards Council, as a volunteer lawyer for the National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children and Miami - Dade Legal Aid's «Put Something Back Program,» and as a bar exam tutor through the Dade County Bar Association's Bar Passage Program.

Equal Justice Works, in partnership with Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), will receive $ 1.2 million — more than half of the total funding — to deploy 55 full - time Members (45 lawyers and 10 paralegals) to provide legal representation to unaccompanied children, build pro bono capacity to support that population, and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of immigration courts in the locations in which members will serve.

Many Chinese immigrant families served by these providers shared a number of social adversity factors that might impact on parent - child relationship and parenting outcomes [21][33].

Understanding Children, Immigration, and Family Violence: A National Examination of the Issues (PDF - 360 KB) Learning Systems Group & Family Violence Prevention Fund (2005) Identifies challenges and opportunities in reaching out to and delivering services to immigrant children and families affected by domestic violence, best practices in serving them, and policy implications for tChildren, Immigration, and Family Violence: A National Examination of the Issues (PDF - 360 KB) Learning Systems Group & Family Violence Prevention Fund (2005) Identifies challenges and opportunities in reaching out to and delivering services to immigrant children and families affected by domestic violence, best practices in serving them, and policy implications for tchildren and families affected by domestic violence, best practices in serving them, and policy implications for the work.

Many early childhood programs serve increasing numbers of recent immigrant children and families.

Head Start programs serve diverse children and families including American Indian and Alaska Native communities, migrant and seasonal workers, immigrants, refugees, and more; efforts to understand these programs should be as inclusive as possible of the breadth of communities and families served across the United States.

As a Realtor, Jugovic served many post-war Slavic immigrants and their children when the city was still a thriving town known equally for its steel industry as for its ethnic diversity.