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Corona Youth Music Project (El Sistema)

Mar 22, ’11 4:09 PM


Corona Youth Music Project (El Sistema)

The Corona Youth Music Project (CYMP or Núcleo Corona) aspires to transform this Queens neighborhood and inspire others by teaching music and thus empowering children to become agents of change.

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The Corona Youth Music Project (CYMP, or Núcleo Corona) is the first El Sistema inspired program in Queens, New York. It strives to serve its community and neighboring areas.

The project includes a tuition-free after-school program, and several intensive sessions (or “seminars”) for choral and instrumental ensembles throughout the year. The current after-school program is focused on a “pre-orchestra” program, consisting of a bucket band and, later in the spring, a recorder orchestra.

 

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New Immigrant Community Empowerment – Education Programs

Mar 22, ’11 3:15 PM

New Immigrant Community Empowerment – Education Programs

Including ESOL Through Civil Literacy Program, Young Teachers Initiative, Parent Workshops.

 

 

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Article – Globalization, Immigration, and Education: The Research Agenda, Marcelo Suárez-Orozco

Mar 22, ’11 1:19 PM

Article – Globalization, Immigration, and Education: The Research Agenda, Marcelo Suárez-Orozco

In this article, Marcelo Suárez-Orozco sets forth a new paradigm for understanding immigration and education in the United States, situating it within the broader context of globalization. Suárez-Orozco argues that globalization is the reason that immigrant children are entering U.S. schools in unprecedented numbers. He argues that a critical but understudied area of recent scholarship on globalization is the experiences of children.

 

 

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New York Times Topic page on Immigration/Emigration (National)

Mar 18, ’09 4:25 PM

Times Topics: Immigration and Emigration

From the time of the nation’s founding, immigration has been crucial to the United States’ growth and a periodic source of conflict. In recent decades, the country has experienced another great wave of immigration, the largest since the 1920s. However, for the first time, illegal immigrants outnumbered legal ones. The number of illegal immigrants peaked at an estimated 11.9 million in 2008. About 11.2 million illegal immigrants were living in the United States in 2010, a number essentially unchanged from the previous year, a 2011 study showed.

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