Immigrant Students in the US Education System
Write an essay geared toward a public audience, that has some sort
of argument regarding the “immigrant students” and “woman students of color”.
What do you want to say? What should educational stakeholders (re)consider? What are you trying to inform the
larger public (or, if you make clear, a specific audience) about? It will be your job to synthesize
the viewpoints a immigrant student and your own
opinions into a readable, accessible essay as part of your argument or point of clarification.
In addition to the study/scholarship in which your interview/essay is framed around, please
include at least three additional links/“references” that are synthesized and then linked in your
essay (these can be other readings but other links such as news articles, podcasts, Twitter, etc.).
Finally, make sure to have at least a small section about suggestions or “action steps” that we
can take to provide a more equitable schooling experience for students. Do not forget this!
Think about multicultural approaches and what tangible things that
we can do inside schools that can help the student population in which you are writing about.
This is an informal essay, and it is up to you to shape its scope and direction.
Between 800 and1000 words
Single-spaced, in paragraphs (i.e., like an article)
Frame essay around at least one text/study/work of scholarship based on
some idea
Include at least three additional links/“references” in your essay
o At least one must be a link to historical scholarship (i.e.,
Amazon.com or Google book page, JSTOR article, scholar’s
website, etc.)
o Other links can be current news articles, podcasts, Twitter, etc.
Formal citations not necessary, and only need to be referenced in the text
(i.e., “as discussed in Restoring Opportunity by ….”)
Includes at least a small section on “action steps” or suggestions on a more
multicultural educational approach to teaching your student population