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| Title | Article: In School for the First Time, Teenage Immigrants Struggle |
| Body | From http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/education/25ellis.html In School for the First Time, Teenage Immigrants Struggle By JENNIFER MEDINA January 24, 2009 New York City classrooms have long been filled with children from all over the world, and the education challenges they bring with them. But hidden among the nearly 150,000 students across the city still struggling to learn English are an estimated 15,100 who have had little or no formal schooling and are often illiterate in their native languages. More than half of these arrive as older teenagers and land in the city’s high schools, where they must learn how to learn even as their peers prepare for state subject exams required for a diploma. Read the entire article at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/education/25ellis.html . |
| Source | New York Times |
| Inputdate | 2009-02-08 12:52:43 |
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