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Teresa Di Mauro
Heydar Isayev
18 February 2021
Georgia
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Over 3000 Words
Ethnic Azeri students face disproportionate barriers in achieving university education compared to Georgians. One of those reasons is due to language barriers. Isolated from Georgian society, it's not uncommon for Aze...
19 January 2021
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Learning pods are helping students in Cleveland access a safe and supportive space to complete their virtual school lessons during the coronavirus pandemic. Although space is limited at the centers and they can't repl...
14 December 2020
Adelphi, Maryland, United States
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Over 3000 Words
Prince George's County in Maryland ranks fourth in the country for the number of unaccompanied students with sponsors. Often, these students have experienced a lot of trauma by the time they arrive at school. School o...
9 November 2020
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
In Nashville, school officials quickly found out that English Learner families were technologically falling behind and not logging into class. The school district decided to help families by creating 10 in-person tech...
9 November 2020
Springdale, Arkansas, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
The Springdale School District in Arkansas has turned to visual communications in order to address the needs of ESL students. The district started by hiring bilingual communication specialists who help produce multime...
6 November 2020
Fresno, California, United States
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Teachers in some California dual-language classrooms are coming up with creative ways to help students practice and learn languages during remote-only learning. Across Fresno Unified School District, teachers develop ...
1 November 2020
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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Under 800 Words
Undocumented parents face unique challenges to pandemic learning. Some don’t speak English or might not have access to Wi-Fi. To help, an activist in Michigan created an in-person learning hub for students of undocume...
16 October 2020
United States
Broadcast TV News
Over 15 Minutes
This T.V. segment showcases multiple solutions used by school districts and nonprofits across the nation, from creating cell phone towers so students have access to reliable wifi, to curbside meals, to learning pods. ...
The Seattle Times
Alia Wong
5 October 2020
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The city of Tulsa took a variety of steps to make sure English as a Second Language learners didn’t fall behind in their virtual classes during the COVID-19 pandemic. First, school officials made sure students had the...
27 September 2020
Texas, United States
Broadcast TV News
Over 15 Minutes
In Texas, 2 million households in the state don’t have high speed internet, affecting students of color at a greater rate. Some districts have also had problems with chronic absenteeism. This segment explores creativ...
18 September 2020
Leander, Texas, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
For one school district in Texas, using personal relationships established before the pandemic, proved the best way to reach bilingual students in rural parts of the district who weren't showing up to remote classes. ...
22 August 2020
Denmark
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Under 800 Words
The border between Denmark and Germany was highly politicized and when it was set, Germans found themselves in Denmark and Danes found themselves in Germany. Each country is required to offer regional schools taught i...
13 August 2020
Concord, New Hampshire, United States
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School districts across New Hampshire had to find new ways of teaching English as a Second Language students during the pandemic when classes switched to virtual learning. Some districts used volunteers and community ...
The Guardian
Anita Hofschneider
12 February 2020
Guam
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800-1500 Words
CHamoru, the indigenous language of the Mariana Islands, is endangered. In an urgent move to save the language, Chief Hurao Academy was founded, a nonprofit that offers a CHamoru summer immersion program, an after-sch...
10 October 2019
New Mexico, United States
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A school district in New Mexico is finding success with a dual language education program. A regular school day for an elementary school student in a Gadsen school district school might entail reviewing their math or ...
Pacific Standard
Sarah Jackson
3 May 2019
Fresno, California, United States
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In California, half of school-aged children are the children of immigrants. Among many other initiatives in the city, a community-wide training project in Fresno aims to improve how adults in the city work with studen...
New Mexico In Depth
Ximenia Tapia
2 May 2019
New Mexico, United States
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800-1500 Words
Although many students in New Mexico enter kindergarten speaking two languages, a lack of bilingual and dual language classrooms means students often have trouble maintaining their Spanish or that English Language Lea...
20 April 2019
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Under 800 Words
Twenty-five years ago, a Spanish teacher in Colorado noticed a troubling trend - many Latino students were dropping out before finishing high school. Leticia Alonso de Lozano started a dropout prevention program, offe...
6 February 2019
Tel Aviv, Israel
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800-1500 Words
A school in Tel Aviv welcomes immigrant and refugee children with open arms, providing language classes, long school days, extracurricular activities, and more. Members of the community volunteer to tutor and lead aft...
12 November 2018
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Gus the Bus, Magic Bus, El Busesito, and other traveling classrooms are working to fill the persistent preschool gap in Colorado's childcare deserts. Most days the mobile preschools park near apartment complexes or mo...
30 October 2018
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Somerville, MA is one of a growing number of cities that has implemented a two-way dual immersion program in its schools. These programs combine fluent English speakers and English language learners in the same room, ...
25 September 2018
San Antonio, Texas, United States
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Over 3000 Words
In just three years, San Antonio superintendent Pedro Martinez has raised the bar for school integration efforts nationwide - in this time, the district, where 93 percent of students qualify for free or reduced price ...
27 April 2018
Gaziantep, Turkey
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Since the Syrian conflict began, some “3.5 million Syrian refugees have poured into Turkey” causing strife and divisions between the two groups. That’s why the E.U is funding schools that integrate Turkish and Syrian ...
22 December 2017
Carbondale, Colorado, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
To mitigate against growing concerns about the disconnect between Carbondale, Colorado police officers and community members, a local high school proposed a plan: have the cops learn Spanish. Not only has this impacte...
10 November 2017
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
In Philadelphia immigrants are driving population growth in the Northeast region of the city, in neighborhoods traditionally occupied by mostly white, Irish-Catholic, senior citizens. The “number of immigrants increas...
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