News Stories on Multicultural Science
Hispanics Boost Enrollment in High School (USA Today)
A new study shows the number of Hispanics graduating from America's high schools continues to grow, but notes that colleges and universities need to increase their efforts to accommodate the nation's largest minority group.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2004-01-29-hispanics_x.htm
Teacher Helps Students to Learn in New Language (Indianapolis Star)
ESL teacher Angela Bensberg believes teaching foreign-born students is a three-part task: help students achieve academic proficiency, assists homeroom teachers so they are better equipped to help their ESL students, and to serve as a go-between for families and the school.
http://www.indystar.com/articles/1/115650-7761-016.html
New School. New Town. New Country (The Christian Science Monitor)
This article discusses the challenges immigrant students and parents face in dealing with the American education system and how school districts are trying to resolve these issues.