Immigrants and Refugees

New programs find ways to foster student resilience

A sampling of Hechinger reporting for The New York Times’s Learning section

Future of Learning

by  Hechinger Report  – February 23, 2019

OPINION: How one school came together to create a safe place for immigrants

Empowering teachers to lead the way

Immigration

by  Jordan Weymer  – February 14, 2019

How teachers are helping students affected by deportations

Immigration lawyers and education experts offer advice to teachers balancing legal requirements and moral obligations

Immigration Crisis

by  Lisa Button  – February 7, 2019

Future of Learning

The factory model of education is out. Now more schools are personalizing learning and trying to motivate students by empowering them in the classroom. Will this improve academic outcomes? Will it close achievement gaps? The Hechinger Report explores the innovations at the core of today's cutting-edge schools.

High schoolers in a social studies class at Patchogue-Medford work on a lesson about the history of nationalism.

After a hate crime, a town welcomes immigrants into its schools

Patchogue, Long Island, site of a brutal anti-immigrant murder in 2008, has revamped its school programs to better assist young people fleeing violence in Central America

Immigration

by  Sarah Garland  – February 1, 2019

The Thompson family, (from left) Clive, CJ, Christine, Oneita and Timothy, stand in the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church of Germantown, where the parents and their two youngest children have been living since August.

Going to school when your family is in hiding from ICE

ICE allowed a Jamaican family to stay in the country for years, then suddenly ordered them deported last summer. Now, as the family seeks sanctuary in a church, the children are struggling to maintain their grades and dreams of college

Higher Education

by  Kate Kilpatrick  – January 31, 2019

Abby Rubio, left, and her sister, Noemi, sit on Abby’s bed in their shared bedroom.

Why a Texas school district is helping immigrants facing deportation

Deep in Trump country, a superintendent helps his students and their families cope after an ICE raid

Immigration

by Kate Kilpatrick  – January 29, 2019

COLUMN: Schools should not be battlegrounds for Trump’s fake war

Schools bear the brunt of the immigration crisis

Early Education

by  Andre Perry  – January 29, 2019

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Girls Coach Katie Lucky-Heard (left, white shirt) delivered a half-time pep talk to her team. “Tú puedes,” she said. You can do it.

Immigrant students once barred from sports can now play in Louisiana

The state’s athletic association lifts a rule requiring social security numbers after an outcry by educators and activists

Immigration

by  Casey Parks  – January 28, 2019

On day three of the strike, members and supporters of United Teachers Los Angeles picket outside the Local District East office of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

LA’s school counselors strike back

The walkout succeeded in putting a spotlight on the dire shortage of counselors, who are key to helping students navigate school and plan for life after graduation

Guidance Gap

by E. Tammy Kim  – January 23, 2019

The Caravan

STUDENT VOICE: ‘I grew up being called a terrorist’

How education can provide the tools to stand up, speak out and stop hate

K-12

by  Engy Gadelmawla  – January 10, 2019

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