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Student success depends not only on children’s readiness to learn but also on schools’ readiness to welcome and affirm who they are.
At least 15 Florida state universities and colleges have signed agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that authorize campus police to carry out immigration enforcement.
Educational philosopher John Dewey saw America’s schools as a place for students from different backgrounds to learn from one another.
Migrants to the US say they need a map to help them navigate the world of higher education.
Both teachers and our media landscape contribute to how youth make sense of what is expected of them, and who are bound to excel in which fields.
The switch to online delivery further disadvantaged students from migrant and refugee backgrounds. But a new study also finds many students and staff developed closer and more caring relationships.
When schools honour and learn from immigrant parents’ knowledge, they support more opportunities to enhance young children’s linguistic, cultural and social experiences.
Immigrant students often have work commitments outside class, and they may need additional language support. Giving them equal access to technology during remote learning might not be enough.
When researchers took a close look at transcripts for thousands of California community college students, they discovered an encouraging trend in enrollment for undocumented students.
The steep decline in refugee children in US schools will lessen the nation’s ability to produce students who possess the skills of global citizenship, a researcher argues.
Difficulty with English language can mask other difficulties culturally and linguistically diverse students may have, such as Austism or dyslexia.
Students from the Philippines, China and India consistently achieve better results at school than their Australian-born counterparts. This is due to a number of factors, including parents’ values.
The future of our country depends on our youth. Many of our youth are immigrant students and we need to understand how to best support them so we can thrive as a nation.
Migrant children may feel uncomfortable or shy trying to verbally explain their experiences. Photography is a powerful medium through which to make their voices heard.
School and teacher attitudes have a lot to answer for when it comes to the achievement gap between immigrant and non-immigrant children.
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Associate Professor, Migration and Education, Australian National University
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Education, Murdoch University; Professor of Measurement, Assessment and Evaluation, Murdoch University
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Professor of Migration Studies, Maastricht University, Head of Migration Studies at Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), United Nations University
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Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Manchester
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Ph.D. Student in Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
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Assistant Professor, Utrecht University
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Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Education, Brock University
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Associate Professor of Writing and Linguistics; Director of Writing & Rhetoric Program, Middlebury College
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Associate professor, UMass Boston
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Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor, Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor, Public Service and Administration, Texas A&M University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor of Higher Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Assistant Professor, SUNY Empire State College