Migrants at US-Mexico Border Run Makeshift School for Stranded Children
Teachers and students remain mindful of educational needs while seeking asylum in the United States
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Teachers and students remain mindful of educational needs while seeking asylum in the United States
By JULIE WATSON, Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico, Dec. 1, 2020 (AP): It started out simply: A pop-up school on a sidewalk to teach reading, writing, math and art to Central American children living in a camp of asylum seekers stuck at US-America's doorstep. Like countless schools, the sidewalk school, as it became known, had to go to virtual learning because of the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of being hampered by the change, though, it has blossomed, hiring about 20 teachersall asylum seekers themselves—to give classes via Zoom to Central...