This resource profiles 6 immigrant students as they navigate a U.S. high school and describes the challenges that make it difficult for immigrant students to succeed. These challenges often include: fragmented school days, instructional programs in which English-as-a-Second-Language and content area teachers work in separate departments and rarely interact; the complex system of courses, graduation and college entrance requirements; the practice of placing students in classes chiefly according to age, and tracking students learning English into courses that may not grant the credits they need; and inadequate methods to document student achievement.
