As of last week, 46.7 million public school students were back in the classroom. Among returning K–12 students were immigrant children who are starting school in the U.S. for the first time. Many terms are used to describe these students– newcomers, recently arrived English learners, immigrant children and youth, or recently arrived immigrant English learners– to name a few. While not all states and school districts are experiencing the same level of recently arrived immigrant students–20,000 in New York City and 1,200 in Chicago , and 50 just outside of Boston – all localities and schools have the same legal obligations to these students.

http://newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/better-data-collection-upon-enrollment-can-help-schools-support-recently-arrived-immigrant-students/

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