
Ileana Najarro
Race and Opportunity Reporter at Education Week
Race/opportunity reporter @educationweek Formerly @TB_Times @HoustonChron. Reach out at [email protected]
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1 week ago |
edweek.org | Ileana Najarro
As schools prepare for the summer break, immigration advocates and researchers say it’s more important than ever for schools to continue to serve immigrant students and families, especially as concerns grow over renewed efforts of mass deportation.
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1 week ago |
edweek.org | Ileana Najarro
President Donald Trump’s federal budget proposal, announced in early May, calls for the elimination of nearly $900 million in Title III federal funding used by states and districts to support the nation’s 5 million English learners.
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1 week ago |
edweek.org | Ileana Najarro
For Choua Lor, a 2nd grade teacher at Vang Pao Elementary in Fresno, Calif., teaching is a calling. But working in the school’s Hmong dual-language immersion program is what she calls her life’s purpose. “You are educating students, but at the same time, you’re doing more than that,” Lor said. “You are helping them identify with their identity.
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1 week ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Ileana Najarro
Share Belonging is a must have in schools, not a nice to have.
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1 week ago |
edweek.org | Ileana Najarro
An effort led by Oklahoma’s state superintendent to require parents to provide proof of citizenship when enrolling their children in school failed in the state legislature this month. The administrative rule change, approved by the state’s board of education back in January, marked one of the earliest state-level actions taken to undermine the 1982 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Plyler v. Doe case since President Donald Trump’s election win.
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