Commentary: Without Immigrants, Santa Fe Enrollment Would Decline
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Commentary: Without Immigrants, Santa Fe Enrollment Would Decline

By Mary Ann Zehr — May 11, 2009 1 min read
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In trying to counteract some of the negativism surrounding immigration issues, Inez Russell points out in a commentary published in the Santa Fe New Mexican, that enrollment of students in the Santa Fe school district would be in “serious decline” without English-language learners, many of whom are immigrants.

The editorial challenges readers to propose solutions to members of Congress or local politicians for addressing immigration issues rather than blaming immigrants.

Mary Ann Zehr
Mary Ann Zehr was an assistant editor for Education Week. Her beats included English-language learners, bilingual education, immigrants, dropouts, achievement-gap issues, and charter and private schools. She was the author of the blog Learning the Language.

A version of this news article first appeared in the Learning the Language blog.