United States: Winooski refugee influx brings praise and concern

United States: Winooski refugee influx brings praise and concern

Vermont: The Burlington free press reports that ‘History is repeating itself in Winooski in the form of a wave of new immigrants. About a third of the students in the Winooski public-school system are English language learners, School Superintendent Steve Perkins said last week.’

This, apparently represents a 20 percent increase when compared to the student population of four years ago. Perkins, refreshingly, regards the refugee influx as an opportunity and a challenge, not a negative, while the district has hired people to teach refugees English, and all teachers have had extensive training in overcoming language barriers, he said.

Read the full story here.


Related Articles:

Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.

Blog Widget by LinkWithin

About the Author