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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 281 min read
The first Thanksgiving for newcomers
Fifth-graders who remember when they first came to the U.S. serve Thanksgiving food to newcomers at a Michigan school.
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 202 min read
Chicago to teachers: Give migrant students a 70% and pass them along
Chicago teachers say they were told to pass all migrant students, regardless of their academic skills.
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 162 min read
Well-behaved, motivated newcomers may raise classmates' achievement
U.S.-born students learn more when their classmates are immigrants, says a new study.
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 162 min read
As immigrants fill empty seats, schools scramble to teach them
" Migrants coming here as been a godsend " for New York City schools threatened with closure because of declining enrollment, Schools...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 42 min read
Proud to be Americans
When Bruno Manno was growing up in the '50s and '50s, his family would gather at his grandparents' Italian tavern, to eat, drink and...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 72 min read
The new Irish: Hispanics are upwardly mobile Americans
Hispanic immigrants are a lot like Irish immigrants who came to American in the 1800s, writes Noah Smith. They are working-class folks...
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 17, 20232 min read
No hablo ingles? No es un problema at California community colleges
Immigrants can find classes in Spanish, Mandarin, Russian, Armenian, Korean and other languages at some California community colleges. ...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 12, 20231 min read
San Diego legislator proposes in-state tuition for Tijuana residents
Tijuana, Mexico residents would pay in-state tuition at San Diego community colleges under a bill proposed by Assemblyman David Alvarado,...
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