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Immigration and Assimilation & access to education

Below are the best resources we could find on Immigration and Assimilation and access to education.

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Learning a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society

One child in five in America is the child of immigrants, and their numbers increase each year. Very few will return to the country they barely remember.

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Immigrant Community College Students Struggle to Find Support During COVID

City Colleges of Chicago immigrant students balance extra work hours, technology issues and limited English proficiency with remote learning.

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Mothers United: An Immigrant Struggle for Socially Just Education

In urban American school systems, the children of recent immigrants and low-income parents of color disproportionately suffer from overcrowded classrooms, lack of access to educational resources, and underqualified teachers.

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A Cuban Refugee’s Journey to the American Dream: The Power of Education

In February 1962, three years into Fidel Castro’s rule of their Cuban homeland, the González family―an auto mechanic, his wife, and two young children―landed in Miami with a few personal possessions and two bottles of Cuban rum.

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Applying as an Undocumented Student

An undocumented student shares how she was still able to pay for college despite not being eligible for federal aid.

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America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility

Growing up in middle-class India, Rajika Bhandari has seen generations of her family look westward, where an American education means status and success. But she resists the lure of America because those who left never return—they all become flies trapped in honey in a land of opportunity.

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How the Immigrant Experience Shapes What I Teach My Children

I know that my biracial children will experience racism, sexism and intolerance. But I want them to be bold enough to not push people away and instead seek to understand through education. This is how we bring radical change through our children.

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6 Types of College Aid for Undocumented Students!

No FAFSA? NO Problem! Let’s discuss 6 different types of college aid for undocumented students!

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Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Help Refugees Attend Georgia Colleges

House Bill 932 seeks to extend in-state tuition rates to refugee students at the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia as soon as they settle in the state. Under U.S.

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The Activist’s Handbook: Winning Social Change in the 21st Century

In this thoroughly revised and updated edition of The Activist’s Handbook, Randy Shaw’s hard-hitting guide to winning social change, the author brings the strategic and tactical guidance of the prior edition into the age of Obama.

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