Along the Blackstone River in Rhode Island sits the tiny and culturally diverse community of Central Falls, home to immigrants from Colombia, Argentina, Puerto Rico, and many other Spanish-speaking countries.
by Sherri Miles for the Education Alliance at Brown University
In the public schools, more than 66% of the students are Latino and nearly half of the city's inhabitants speak a language other than English. There is a strong drive in this family-oriented community to involve parents in their children's education, and a conscious effort to bridge the language barrier in order to make that possible.
