How long are children staying in U.S.-run detention facilities? Who is responsible for providing education services to unaccompanied children? What are the learning requirements for the children while they are in U.S. care? What educational challenges do unaccompanied children face? How do shelter educators try to meet children’s individual educational needs? Where do teachers for unaccompanied children come from? Who’s Teaching the Children Crossing the U.S. Border? Answers to 5 Questions Since 2014, more than 250,000 unaccompanied children have arrived at the southwestern border of the United States and the influx has risen in recent months. As the Biden administration struggles to accommodate the burgeoning numbers, the amount of time these children spend in U.S. care lengthens, raising questions about what is happening with their education status. Under the Biden administration, unaccompanied children who cross the border are being let into the country instead of turned away as they were during the Trump administration. While federal authorities are more quickly transferring children out of U.S. Customs and Protection agency detention centers ... Continue reading... https://www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...the-u-s-border-answers-to-5-questions/2021/06 Find in Internet Archives [google]Who’s Teaching the Children Crossing the U.S. Border? Answers to 5 Questions[/google]
