Randy Capps Immigration Studies Program The Urban Institute

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Randy CappsImmigration Studies ProgramThe Urban
Institute

• Immigrant Children
• in U.S. Schools

(Acknowledgments to Jorge Ruiz-de-Velasco,
Michael Fix)May 15, 2001
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Immigrant Schoolchildren

• Growing share
• Large share of poor children
• ESL, bilingual needs growing
• Secondary students underserved

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Children of Immigrants Rising Share K-12
16
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Growing Poverty
48
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Increasing number are LEP
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Only some LEP studentsget ESL, bilingual
76
48
42
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For more information,contact

• Randy Capps, Ph.D.
• Immigration Studies Program
• Population Studies CenterUrban Institute2100 M
  St., N.W.Washington, D.C. 20037

[phone]rcapps_at_ui.urban.org