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Fecha:mié, oct 14, PM a 1:10 PM
Asunto:MPI Webinar on Oct. 22--Serving Newcomer Immigrant and Refugee Students
in Secondary Schools in the U.S. and Europe
 
Serving Newcomer Immigrant and Refugee Students in Secondary Schools: Comparing
U.S. and European Practices
A webinar with
Nora Von Dewitz
Scientific Associate, Mercator Institute, Cologne, Germany
Barbara Herzog-Punzenberger
Head of Migration and Education, Institute for Education and Psychology,
Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria
Julie Sugarman
Policy Analyst, MPI National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy
Christina Wong
Special Assistant to the Superintendent, San Francisco Unified School District
And moderated by:
Margie McHugh
Director, National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, MPI
Thursday, October 22, 2015
11:00 A.M. EDT / 10:00 A.M. CDT / 9:00 A.M. MDT / 8:00 A.M. PDT/
16:00 BST (London)/ 17:00 CEST (Brussels)
(1-hour and 15 minute webinar)

Against the backdrop of the refugee crisis in Europe and the unprecedented
numbers of unaccompanied minors entering U.S. schools in the last two years,
this webinar considers the particular challenges facing educators and
policymakers as they attempt to meet the needs of immigrant and refugee
students who arrive during their middle and high school years. Providing these
students with instructional, linguistic, and socioemotional supports is
especially complex in the secondary grades, due to the rigor of the curriculum
and the short timeframe available for students to prepare for postsecondary
education and the workforce.
Drawing lessons from Europe and the United States, speakers will explore some
of the urgent challenges facing school system leaders and educators as they
seek ways to support these students and improve graduation rates.
Placing a focus on challenges and solutions from both sides of the Atlantic,
speakers will discuss:
Characteristics of immigrant and refugee students, including the specific needs
of subgroups such as students with limited or interrupted formal educationThe
implications of major design features of the educational systems that serve
these students, including practices such as testing and identification of
language learners, ability tracking into vocational or academic secondary
schools, and approaches to balancing targeted services with social and academic
integration into the mainstreamInnovations in program design and instruction to
provide linguistic and academic support to immigrant and refugee youth entering
in their middle and high school years
This webinar draws on the proceedings of a transatlantic symposium organized by
MPI in Brussels earlier this year focused on improving the quality of education
provided to students with a migrant background in the secondary grades.
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