Alejandra Vázquez Baur’s Report Covered in Education Week and K-12 Dive
The featured report focused on the shortcomings of Title III funding to adequately support newcomer students.
A report released by policy entrepreneur Alejandra Vázquez Baur on September 14, 2022 was featured in articles by Ileana Najarro of Education Week and Kara Arundel of K-12 Dive. The report, entitled , “How to Ensure Title III Funds Reach Every Newcomer Student,” analyzes the pitfalls of Title III immigrant student subgrants in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act’s (ESEA). Both articles place it in the context of the current moment—one in which school districts in big cities are enrolling large numbers of school-age asylum-seeking students sent by bus or plane from conservative states and require adequate financial support to be able to support them adequately. Alejandra had the following to share with K-12 Dive:
“As the first major institution that students encounter upon their arrival to the U.S., it is our duty to equip schools with meeting that challenge for every child to thrive.”
Read the full K-12 Dive article here.
Alejandra spoke not just about Title III shortcomings, but of its potential to adequately support newcomers with the right changes with Education Week:
“Title I and Title III, among others, have been really instrumental in shifting the focus from educating the majority, to focusing on equity for specific groups of students that have been relegated to the margins by our K-12 institutions,” Vázquez Baur said. “Title III has the opportunity to be really transformational for English-learners and immigrant students. And what we’re discovering is in the current model, it’s not there yet.”
Read the full Education Week article here.
Read Alejandra’s report here.