School, Community Backing Bolsters Immigrant Students
A student takes an after-school Urdu class at the Crescent Town Public School, in Toronto.
—Nicole Frugé/Education Week
Toronto, Ontario
Every morning, 3-year-old Keerthika Gnaneshan visits the Crescent Town Public School , located on the southeast side of this city, where she plays games, sings songs, and participates in other activities that build her reading and numeracy skills.
She comes with her mother, Sri Lanka native Sithra Gnaneshan, who says she knows it is critical for her children to learn English. Gnaneshan also took her older daughter, who now attends Crescent Town, to the same literacy program...
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