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Feds: Alabama Immigration Law Will Have 'Continuing And Lasting' Consequences

Posted 05.07.2012

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The U.S. Department of Justice has issued a stark warning against Alabama's controversial immigration law, which feds say has caused "increased hostil...

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Joy Resmovits

Officials Attack School-To-Prison Pipeline At School Justice Conference

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.13.2012

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Jakayla Ivory, a St. Louis high-school student convicted of second-degree assault, likely would have gotten two years in jail. Instead, she went to sc...

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Joy Resmovits

Black, Hispanic Students Face More Suspensions

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.06.2012

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Minority students have less access to advanced courses, more inexperienced teachers and face tougher disciplinary consequences than their counterparts...

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Missouri Copycat Bill Would Require Schools To Verify Student Immigration Status

Posted 01.12.2012

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In a move similar to ones chided by federal courts in Alabama and Arizona, one Kansas City area lawmaker has proposed a bill that would require Missou...

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Huge Achievement, Cultural Gaps Plague Schools And Latino Students

AP | By MICHAEL MELIA | Posted 01.07.2012

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WINDHAM, Conn. -- As a parent liaison in a school district with a fast-growing Hispanic majority, Ana Lozada navigates a deep cultural divide: Parents...

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Alabama Attorney General Balks At Feds' School Enrollment Data Request

AP | PHILLIP RAWLS | Posted 01.03.2012

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama's attorney general is questioning the U.S. Justice Department's legal authority to get enrollment information about a...

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Feds Investigating Alabama School Enrollment In Light Of Immigration Law

Posted 01.02.2012

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The U.S. Department of Justice is further pressuring Alabama schools to abide by federal mandates that states cannot deny children equal access to pub...

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More, Better Early Education Could Help Close California's Achievement Gap

| Sarah Garland | Posted 01.10.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. This is the third of a three-part series. Read the first piece, English-Learning Students F...

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More, Better Early Education Could Help Close California's Achievement Gap

| Sarah Garland | Posted 12.27.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. This is the third of a three-part series. Read the first piece, English-Learning Students F...

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High School Student Reports On Cycle Of Domestic Violence In Her Community

Posted 12.26.2011

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This article is part of a weekly series published in partnership with the Boyle Heights Beat. It appears every Wednesday. By Maria Vera A mother...

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California Has One Of Nation's Widest Gaps In Hispanic-White Reading Proficiency

| Sarah Garland | Posted 12.26.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. This is the second of a three-part series. Read the first piece, English-Learning Students ...

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English Learners Far Behind Under English-Only Methods

| Sarah Garland | Posted 12.25.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. BALDWIN PARK, Calif. –- The end of the school day in Patty Sanchez’s kindergarten cl...

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Hispanic Students Vanish From Alabama Schools Following Controversial Immigration Law

AP | By JAY REEVES | Posted 11.30.2011

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Hispanic students have started vanishing from Alabama public schools in the wake of a court ruling that upheld the state's tough n...

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KIPP Student Recalls Tough Path To Graduation, College

Patch | Sonja Sharp | Posted 08.18.2011

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Every day for four years, Norma DeLeon Zarate would remind her son Francisco this day was coming. "For as long as I can remember, she was saying, 'Yo...

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How Will Suburban Schools Handle the New Influx of Immigrants?

Sarah Garland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suburbs, Desegregation, Immigration, Immigrants, Education Reform, Montgomery County, Charter Schools, Demographics, Hispanic Students, Immigration Schools, Suburban Schools, Suburban School, Immigration School, Education News
Sarah Garland

In the next 20 years, the schools in need of the most help may not be the schools in inner cities like Newark or Detroit. Instead, they may be in far-flung suburbs and exurbs where immigrants are flocking.

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At the Starting Line With Race to the Top

Ray Suarez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ray Suarez

By Ray Suarez On its face, it seems simple enough: Get states to compete with each other for enhanced funding for education from the federal governme...

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