Schools
In Arkansas, schools are supposed to teach in English. Here’s how one district gets around it.
Mentors and liaisons in Springdale are determined to help Marshallese students preserve their language and culture, despite state law. And they hope their programs can grow.
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Once, students were punished for speaking Spanish. Here, they are honored.
New to America’s school system, this immigrant family found itself playing catch-up from the minute they enrolled
Tanzid Sakib's first experience with an American school literally left him on the floor
New to America, this young Vietnamese refugee wanted to ‘erase’ his past
A brother and sister remember their abrupt start to a new life in America after they fled collapsing South Vietnam. It's one story among the many collected by StoryCorps from Vietnamese refugees whose lives were changed by the fall of Saigon in 1975.
As Ebola loosens grip, Liberia's schools begin re-opening
In Liberia, the first thing pupils do is have their temperatures taken. Schools had been shut for seven months after the Ebola outbreak.
The 'I am Liberian, not a virus' campaign confronts the stigma of Ebola
Liberian American Shoana Solomon is one of four women who have launched the "I am Liberian, not a virus" campaign to fight the stigma of Ebola. She's been especially motivated to battle unwarranted fear of West Africans since her nine-year-old daughter was harassed at her school in Delaware.