The enrollment of students learning English as a new language has soared in recent years. But a report found “systemic breakdowns” in their education. Source: New York Times
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How Yiddish Scholars Are Rescuing Women’s Novels From Obscurity
By Gotham Rex on February 6, 2022
Works written decades ago, often by female Jewish immigrants, were dismissed as insignificant or unmarketable. But in the past several years, translators devoted to the literature are making it available to a wider readership. Source: New York Times
How Asians Became the Most Vaccinated Group in New York City
By Gotham Rex on May 5, 2021
Sixty-eight percent of the city’s adult Asian population has received at least one dose, despite many New Yorkers of Asian descent facing language barriers and a fear of violence. Source: New York Times