Too afraid for school: Latin America is losing new generation to gang violence is a new article in The Guardian that paints a grim picture, with some rays of hope, for students and educators in Latin America.

Here’s an excerpt:

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The United States has to do more to stabilize Latin American countries since we bear a great responsibility for the crises they face now.

And, certainly, our country should not be deporting students in our classrooms and their families who fled the violence in their native countries.