Humanizing Education for Immigrant and Refugee Youth
Monisha Bajaj, Daniel Walsh, Lesley Bartlett, and Gabriela Martínez
Publication Date: December 23, 2022
Pages: 240
On October 17, author Monisha Bajaj published 4 Ways to Plan for the Success of Newcomer ELLs on Edutopia, which lays out recommendations from Humanizing Education for Immigrant and Refugee Youth to help support newcomer students. She begins,
Nearly one out of four K–12 students in the United States is an immigrant or the child of immigrants, and many such students are English language learners (ELLs). ELLs have a 68 percent high school completion rate nationwide, significantly lower than the national average for all students (85 percent). Making schools welcoming sites for ELL students where they can learn and thrive, and where their families can engage, is key to ensuring educational access and success.
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