Education of Immigrant Children

Immigrant youth are best supported when schools foster bicultural identities, enabling them to navigate multiple cultural worlds effectively.

Fact Sheet: Educational Services for Immigrant Children and Those ...

Schools in the United States have always welcomed new immigrant children to their classrooms – according to the most recent data, there were more than ...

What Do Immigrant Students Need? It Isn't Just ELL

You have to address the social-emotional needs, and immigrant-origin kids have a number of them that a lot of educators are oblivious to. That's ...

Education of Immigrant Children - IDRA

Public schools, by law, must serve all children. The education of undocumented students is guaranteed by the Plyler v. Doe Supreme Court ...

Education - National Immigration Law Center

As we advocate for expanded access to higher education, NILC is responding to threats to the right to learn for younger children. Over forty years ago, the ...

Education rights for immigrant students debated by Republicans

For decades, children of families living in the country illegally have had the right to attend public school based on a 1982 Supreme Court ...

Immigrant Students: How Schools Can Help

This resource provides basic information about eligibility for education services for different immigrant populations, and practical suggestions for schools.

How Schools Can Create Welcoming Spaces for Kids in Immigrant ...

There are several ways that schools can ensure all children are able to fully participate in educational programs and activities.

Educational Resources for Immigrants, Refugees, Asylees and other ...

Currently, there are over 4.7 million foreign born individuals enrolled in pre-kindergarten to postsecondary education, representing 6% of the total student ...

How Educators Can Support Immigrant and Migrant Students | NEA

Several resources, toolkits, and practices exist to help respond to the needs of immigrant and migrant students.

Supporting Students from Immigrant Families | Learning for Justice

These resources from the Southern Poverty Law Center can help you advocate for students facing language access or enrollment barriers in public elementary or ...

Denying Education to Immigrant Children is Morally Wrong - The 74

Denying Education to Immigrant Children is Morally Wrong — and Practically Dumb · A hard-right push to bar the children of undocumented parents ...

Recent Immigrant Children: A Profile of New Arrivals to U.S. Schools

RESEARCH: A significant increase in the number of immigrant children in U.S. schools over the last decade has challenged K-12 educators to expand their ...

Mapping the Impact of Immigration on Public Schools

The 11 million public school students in 2021 from immigrant-headed households (legal and illegal) accounted for nearly one out of four (23 ...

National Data on Immigrant Students

This national page integrates student data, demographics, and economic contributions and highlights resources to better support the country's undocumented, ...

Equity Access and Excellence in Education for Immigrant Students

This article looks at four dimensions of quality teaching and describes effective school approaches for educating recent immigrant students.

How Do the Children of Immigrant Parents Perform in School?

Demographic characteristics and school performance indicators of elementary and secondary school students living with foreign-born vs. native-born parents.

After more than 40 years, the federal right to free education for ...

All children, regardless of immigrant status, have enjoyed the right to a free public education ever since. But with the growing number of those ...

Early care and education for children in immigrant families - PubMed

A substantial and growing share of the population, immigrant children are more likely than children with native-born parents to face a variety of ...

National Immigration Law Center Announces Campaign to Protect K ...

Doe established the constitutional right to a free, public K-12 education for undocumented immigrant children in the United States, but anti- ...