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Luis Antonio Hernandez reads a story about Cinco de Mayo to students in Christy Crotwell’s first-grade class at Morton Elementary School. He reads each page twice, once in English, once in Spanish. He’s the only full-time translator at the school, which has 152 Spanish-speaking students in its 21 classrooms. Photo courtesy Ben Stocking

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Hispanic Influx: One School Struggles to Meet Children’s Needs

It's Cinco de Mayo in Christy Crotwell's class, and Luis Antonio Hernandez is reading the first-graders a story about the holiday's origins. He reads each page twice—once in English, once ...

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