History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
School leader: Ala. immigration law 'scary' for students
- 10-06-2011
-
By Annie McCallum Bitter/USA Today
Montgomery Public Schools' officials said the state's new immigration law already is having a significant impact on the system with the potential to cost students valuable class time and the system money. "It's scary for our children," Superintendent Barbara Thompson said. "Obviously, you don't want kids not in school at the beginning of our school year when you have instruction that's important. We want all of our kids to be able to learn." Schools officials said within the past several days there have been an unusually high number of absences for Hispanic students. (more...)
Send this
Print this
