For young newcomers, a stepping stone to life in America

Name: For young newcomers, a stepping stone to life in America
Uploaded: 2015-11-20T01:17:59Z
Duration: P493S
Description: Around the nation, cities that take in refugees face the challenge of how to educate young people who speak little or no English. The NewsHour’s April Brown visits Houston, now the most diverse city in the U.S., where Las Americas Newcomer School teaches both the ABCs and the basics of life in a new country.

Clip: 11/19/2015 | 8m 13s

Around the nation, cities that take in refugees face the challenge of how to educate young people who speak little or no English. The NewsHour’s April Brown visits Houston, now the most diverse city in the U.S., where Las Americas Newcomer School teaches both the ABCs and the basics of life in a new country.

Aired: 11/19/15

Rating: NR

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For young newcomers, a stepping stone to life in America

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