Children Quote by Nicky Morgan

Parents feel like immigrants in the country of the young.

— Margaret Mead

There's nothing more true in being a child of a diaspora, a child of immigrants. We're completely new to our parents. We're not something…

— Junot Diaz

It is, of course, clear that a country with a large foreign population must endeavour, through its schools, to assimilate the children of immigrants.…

— Bertrand Russell

My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants.

— Martin Lewis Perl

I think it's so wonderful to show a child of immigrant parents who's proud of their culture and doesn't neglect it.

— Iman Vellani

These children and their parents know that getting an education is not only their right, but a passport to a better future - for…

— Harry Belafonte

That's the beauty of education, kids taking lessons out of the classroom and back into their own world where they can positively affect their…

— Erin Gruwell

When the kids see the poverty in their neighborhood, but they see these successful kids who come from the countries they come from, come…

— Rafe Esquith

If kids come to educators and teachers from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us…

— Anonymous

“Immigrant parents, when they first move to North America, push towards whiteness, towards assimilation, to survive and thrive. Naturally, their children do too for…

— Scaachi Koul

I grew up in a family of educators - my dad was a professor, my mom was a high school grammar and French teacher…

— Soledad O'Brien

Our schools face immense pressures caused by the different needs and languages of children from immigrant families, particularly in urban areas.

— Dominic Grieve