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| Contentid | 9217 |
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| Content Type | 1 |
| Title | Article: Where Education and Assimilation Collide |
| Body | From http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/us/15immig.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 Where Education and Assimilation Collide By GINGER THOMPSON March 14, 2009 In the last decade, record numbers of immigrants, both legal and illegal, have fueled the greatest growth in public schools since the baby boom. The influx has strained many districts’ budgets and resources and put classrooms on the front lines of America’s battles over whether and how to assimilate the newcomers and their children. Inside schools, which are required to enroll students regardless of their immigration status and are prohibited from even asking about it, the debate has turned to how best to educate them. Hylton High, where a reporter for The New York Times spent much of the past year, is a vivid laboratory. Like thousands of other schools across the country, it has responded to the surge of immigrants by channeling them into a school within a school. It is, in effect, a contemporary form of segregation that provides students learning English intensive support to meet rising academic standards — and it also helps keep the peace. Read the entire article at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/us/15immig.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 . |
| Source | New York Times |
| Inputdate | 2009-03-21 10:00:58 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2009-03-21 10:00:58 |
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| Publishdate | 2009-03-23 00:00:00 |
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