Immigrant students seek place in mainstream high schools

 

December 4, 2016



PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A U.S. appeals court must decide if older immigrant and refugee students steered to an alternative high school in Pennsylvania are getting a meaningful education or are simply being passed through the system.

Civil rights lawyers argued Monday that the Lancaster School District is sending immigrant students who are 17 to 21 years old and can't speak English to an alternative school with fewer academic opportunities.

The Lancaster School District said its concentrated program for English language learners allows them to earn degrees more quickly, and prevents the older...



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