Helping Destiny Find a "Just Right" Book
Meet Destiny, a fourth-grade student at Claremont Immersion Elementary. Students at this bilingual school in Arlington, VA spend half of the day in English and half of the day in Spanish.
Destiny is a fourth grader at Claremont Immersion Elementary in Arlington, VA, where students spend half of the day in English and half of the day in Spanish. Destiny is choosing a new book for Spanish independent reading time.
This book documents, for the very first time, Pura Belpré’s contributions to North American, Caribbean and Latin American literary and library history.
All students have a right to a public K-12 education regardless of immigration status. Learn more about registration and enrollment policies for ELLs and immigrant students in U.S. public schools from the following resources.
Researchers estimate that there are between 4-6 million children in U.S. public schools who have at least one family member who is undocumented, and the majority of these children are U.S. citizens themselves.
Administrators at the school and district level have an important role to play when it comes to supporting immigrant students.
Many different stakeholders in a school community may have questions about immigration enforcement on or near school campuses. This page lays out some general information, as well as examples of how specific school districts are addressing these quest