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Tag: immigrant education

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Newly Arrived Immigrant Teens Learning Math Through Language

May 4, 2016March 25, 2020 - by Anjali Tsui

“In the Dominican Republic, two plus two equals four,” said a sophomore in the Bronx’s International Community High School for brand new immigrant kids. “Here, you have to explain why it’s four.”

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The New Kids on the Immigration Block

March 14, 2012April 21, 2012 - by Ankita Rao

In The New Kids, New York-based journalist Brooke Hauser weaves a detailed web of International High School stories. Her reporting is impeccable, leading us through the chaotic interplay of home life, classrooms and dreams. The effect is a quick-paced book with the plot of a fiction novel and the unnerving truth about immigration.

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International Teens with American Dreams

March 12, 2012May 3, 2012 - by Larry Tung

‘The New Kids,’ by Brooke Hauser, takes an intimate look at the obstacles faced by new immigrants at a high school in Prospect Heights.

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