[Edling] US: Designing a High School for Immigrant Kids

[Francis Hult]

The Atlantic



Designing a High School for Immigrant Kids



With a $3 million grant from the Carnegie Foundation, the district opened two high schools for recent immigrants last fall. Hanks-Sloan is now the principal of one of them, the International High School at Largo.



The schools belong to the Internationals Network for Public Schools, which started in the 1980s and now consists of 22 schools for recent immigrants in New York City, the Bay Area, and the Washington, D.C., region. Unlike traditional high schools that “track” students by skill level, the Internationals mix students who are totally new to English with students who are more proficient.



Full story:
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/03/designing-a-high-school-for-immigrant-kids/471981/
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