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For a Better Life: An American Tradition

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For a Better Life highlights the stories of our public schools as they educate immigrant and refugee families who are overcoming obstacles on their path to a better life.

2016 // 1:01

Topics:

Immigrant and Refugee Education

Extras:

Left Right

For a Better Life: An American Tradition
1:31
The Unites States Role
1:11
How Resettlement Works
1:34
Damascus Woman
1:09
Against Odds
1:08
A Fresh Start

For a Better Life highlights the stories of our public schools as they educate immigrant and refugee families who are overcoming obstacles on their path to a better life.

— Anne Richard, Assistant Secretary, the U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration

One of the biggest questions Anne Richrad receives is a constant question of why. Why are these refugee families coming here? Why are we resettling them? Why is this our responsibly?

Her response mimics the response we have seen from the schools and teachers who open their arms to these families.