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From http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article210951849.html

These immigrants came for a better education. Now, they'll never graduate high school
BY LENA JACKSON, BRENDA MEDINA AND KYRA GURNEY
May 16, 2018

They come fleeing gang violence and repressive regimes. They come after hurricanes and earthquakes. They come in search of work and an education.

But in Miami-Dade County, a place built by the aspirations of newcomers, hundreds of immigrant teens will never graduate from high school.

Instead, they will end up in adult education programs — some of which are taught in Spanish — where they learn little English and where they finish, if they’re lucky, with the high school equivalency diploma known as a GED (General Educational Development). The path to college and a well-paying job, already a struggle for an immigrant, will become even more difficult.

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