immigrant students
Transplanted young learners
Immigrant students are students who have moved from one country to another, typically to settle permanently.
The term usually refers to children and young adults in K-12 or higher education who were born abroad: The district developed programs to support immigrant students learning English.
The phrase may also include students born domestically to immigrant parents, depending on context.
- newcomersThose recently arrived
- new countryRecently established sovereign state
- ESLLanguage instruction abbreviation
- bilingualSpeaking two languages
- home languageLanguage acquired from birth
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- underserved students
- Educational Equityspecial education, bilingual education, desegregation, school integration, equal access
- Education Equityeducation equity, desegregation, school integration, affirmative action, educational segregation
- education statisticsgraduation rates, dropout rates, enrollment rates, test scores, literacy rates
- nontraditional studentsadult learners
immigrant studentsnative speakers
Those who grew up using a language
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