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Asylum-seeking students use translation apps to overcome language barrier in NYC classrooms
01.12.2023 | Gothamist | “This crisis underscores the need for recruiting, training and retaining bilingual staff and opening more bilingual programs in schools serving a significant number of English language learners and newly arrived immigrant children,” said Rita Rodriguez-Engberg, director of immigrant students’ rights at Advocates for Children of New York. Read article