
Special Series: The Teacher Project series on education and immigration
The Teacher Project is producing an upcoming series of underreported stories on immigration and education. The project is one of the Columbia Journalism School's postgraduate reporting fellowships.


From Myanmar to Chicago — a teenage Rohingya Muslim refugee’s journey
Aditi Malhotra, '17 M.A., and postgraduate fellow, worked with Chicago Sun-Times and PBS Newshour to tell the story of the challenges a 19-year-old Rohingya refugee from Myanmar has faced continuing his education in Chicago while simultaneously helping support his family economically. It highlights the limited financial support the U.S. offers even to school-age refugees -- at a time when the country is scaling back its refugee resettlement program significantly.

200 immigrant students have been excluded from Collier County high schools
The Journalism School's postgraduate fellow Zoe Kirsch worked with Naples Daily News and Buzzfeed on a story that looks at the growing wave of complaints that school districts are illegally turning away immigrant students based on their age. Kirsch tells the story through the experience of a Haitian-American student in Naples, who at 17, was told he was "too old" to attend traditional public schools. He's now named as a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the district.
A new law is helping undocumented students in New Jersey attend college, but challenges remain
Ashley Okwuosa, '18 M.S., reported for WNYC and Chalkbeat on the passage of a New Jersey law that gives undocumented students access to financial aid, the challenge of its implementation and how it is helping one high school valedictorian attend college.