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5 tips for supporting immigrant and refugee students

Jun 29, 2017, 9:00 AM 0

By Katrina Landa, Ed.D. LatinaLista In 2016, the United States welcomed 96,874 refugees, including 15,479 from Syria alone, according to the US Department of State’s Refugee Processing Center. Nearly 60 percent of those refugees were children. As these…

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American Education Week celebrates with a call for national public school advocacy

Nov 18, 2013, 2:59 PM 0

LatinaLista — The nation’s public school system, and its teachers, have long been under assault – some of it deserved and most not. What is clear is that enrollment, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, is only…