In this Q & A written for Colorín Colorado, ESL coordinator Joy Minikwu describes what students, families, and staff experienced during and after a massive immigration raid in the small town of Postville, Iowa in 2008.
Learn how schools can help make all families feel welcome within the school, why these messages matter, and how to build upon immigrant families' experiences and strengths.
Kyle McGowan is the former superintendent of Crete Public Schools in Crete, Nebraska, a town whose demographics have rapidly changed in the past two decades.
Learn how schools can partner with Ukrainian families and what educators need to know about serving Ukrainian students who have recently arrived in the U.S.
Learn how to create a welcoming classroom environment for your English language learners (ELLs) and immigrant students — and why it matters — with these strategies from Colorín Colorado.
Learn how a team of multilingual community facilitators is partnering with diverse immigrant families in Brockton, MA and what other school districts can learn from their example.