A child who does not speak English is made to enroll in school online — in a language they don’t understand.
A young Ukrainian refugee is told district staff won’t translate records from home, delaying their start date.
A newcomer student sits idle for weeks because they were not assessed for placement.
Kristina Moon, senior attorney with the Education Law Center of Pennsylvania, has fielded such reports from across the state — all tied to a recent wave of new arrivals. She and other immigrant advocates say it’s the type of discrimination that grows when these children come to the United States in numbers as they are now, with many speaking uncommon languages.
