In Education Post, Rosario Quiroz Villarreal Explains How Immigration Rhetoric Affects Schools
In Education Post, Next100 policy entrepreneur Rosario Quiroz Villarreal answers the question of what happens, “When a Student Says, ‘The President Is Going to Take My Parents Away.’”
In Education Post, Next100 policy entrepreneur Rosario Quiroz Villarreal answers the question of what happens, “When a Student Says, ‘The President Is Going to Take My Parents Away.’” She describes her experience as a teacher in Houston after the 2016 election, and how the Trump administration’s policies toward immigrants are creating a culture of fear and harming children in and out of school.
“How can children learn when they’re not coming to summer programs because their communities are scared into hiding? How does a child engage with academic material when their surroundings scream “Build the Wall”?”