The 74 Million – Heejae Lim
“One in four children in the United States is born to an immigrant family, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and there will be 40 million children born to immigrant or underserved families by 2030. These children are becoming one of the fastest-growing student demographics, with states in the South and Southeast seeing the number of English learner students double year after year. Yet school systems, educators, and communities are not adequately prepared or resourced for this pace of change. Only about two-thirds of English learners graduate from high school, a rate nearly 20 percent lower than that of their English-speaking immigrant peers.” (more)