DoDEA diverts school dollars to build The Wall
The building of a border wall is controversial, but now that Trump is diverting school funds to build it, we definitely have an opinion.
immigration
Federal judge in Texas keeps DACA in place
A federal judge in Texas denied a request for a temporary injunction that would have stopped DACA. What a surprise!
DACA: the other school problem that won’t go away
If Congress doesn’t act by Mar. 5, protection will start expiring for US residents who came to the country illegally as children.
Trump delivers 1st State of the Union, a long one
President Trump’s address didn’t really mention education, but he did bring up immigration. He wants a wall and a path to citizenship.
European immigrants fail to assimilate to new country
With immigration comes an increase in terrorism-related and sex crime, a student opines at an IL high school.
1 in 5 prisoners foreign-born, most illegal aliens
Federal statistics show that many of the foreign-born prisoners in US custody entered the country illegally. Keep perspective.
DACA deadline looms for Dreamers
Congress faces a deadline of March 5, and unless it takes action, 100s of 1000s of DACA recipients will be at risk of deportation.
Canadian immigrant kids’ learning at risk
Childhood immigration in Canada, esp. with rising refugees there, has sent educators looking for answers on how to best educate them.
The president has a great deal for Dreamers
A solution is needed on DACA, but Trump and a mostly bipartisan effort in Congress seem miles apart from each other as the program winds down.
Trump’s DACA ax makes life rough for students
The overwhelming majority of Americans support allowing kids who are in the US under DACA protection to stay here, even if the DACA program ends.