Life of Farmworker Children

Paricia Leigh Brown writes for the NY Times: 

A girl in Oscar Ramos’s third-grade class has trouble doing homework because six relatives have moved into her family’s rusted trailer and she has no private space.

Oscar Ramos, above, a third-grade teacher, tries to help students see a life beyond the fields. A boy has worn his school uniform for two weeks straight because his parents are busy with harvest season.

And while Mr. Ramos patiently explains the intricacies of fractions, he is attuned to the student who confides, “Teacher, on Saturday the cops came and took my brother.” Read more….

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