Refining State Accountability Systems for English Learner Success
State accountability systems are designed to identify and close student achievement gaps. Yet most do not report and interpret English Learner (EL) outcomes in a way that paints a full picture of how...
View ArticleSouth Asia’s Tibetan Refugee Community Is Shrinking, Imperiling Its Long-Term...
The number of Tibetan refugees in India, Nepal, and Bhutan has been on a steady decline since the mid-2000s, posing a threat to the future of an exile community that has developed a robust governance,...
View ArticleWhat Does It Take to Increase Refugees’ Access to Education and Work?...
The Ethiopian government has pledged to increase access to education and employment for refugees, most of whom live in camps. There have been ups and downs along the way. This episode explores the key...
View ArticleLeveraging Digital Skills: Immigrant-Origin High School Graduates Offer a...
With immigrants and their U.S.-born children expected to drive all net growth in the future labor force, there is a significant opportunity to leverage the digital skills of immigrant-origin adults to...
View ArticleExplainer: Immigrants and the U.S. Economy
The question of whether immigration represents a net cost or a net benefit to the U.S. economy has been a major source of contention, even as the research literature and thinking among economists has...
View ArticleWestern Sahara’s Sahrawi Refugees Face an Uncertain Future after 50 Years of...
For five decades, Sahrawi refugees have been displaced from Western Sahara, which many people call "Africa’s last colony" and which the United Nations considers the world’s largest and most populous...
View ArticleOne of the World’s Largest Refugee Populations, Afghans Have Faced Increasing...
Iran, host to the world's largest refugee population, has long served as a refuge for Afghans escaping instability and conflict. The government welcomed refugees and other migrants from Afghanistan and...
View ArticleLong Marginalized, Roma Displaced from Ukraine Have Faced Further Exclusion
While millions of Ukrainians have sought refuge across Europe since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, not every displaced person has been welcomed equally. Displacement has come...
View ArticleSchools and Immigrant Students Navigate an Era of Rising Immigration Enforcement
U.S. schools are developing guidance to govern responses in the event of ICE operations. Safe zone initiatives, rooted in legal protections such as the Fourth Amendment, Plyler v. Doe, and 1964 Civil...
View ArticleClimate Displacement Can Permanently Hamper Children’s Education and Imperil...
Children and youth who are displaced by climate events face unique barriers to accessing and completing school. Children comprise a disproportionately large share of the world’s forcibly displaced...
View ArticleThe Fragile Yet Unmistakable Long-Term Integration of Syrian Refugees in Jordan
As Syria enters a new era with the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad, the question of return of millions of Syrians who sought refuge internationally looms large. In Jordan, which has been a key host...
View ArticleSlipping through the Cracks in South Korea: The Uncertain Futures for the...
As the number of defections from North to South Korea has declined, South Korea has struggled to respond to a new trend: a rising number of children born during defectors' long stays in China or other...
View ArticleCentral American Immigrants in the United States
Central Americans comprise one of the fastest-growing immigrant groups in the United States, and now account for nearly one in every ten immigrants. Most Central American immigrants come from either El...
View ArticleInmigrantes centroamericanos en los Estados Unidos
Las personas de América Central representan casi uno de cada diez inmigrantes en los Estados Unidos, una población en rápido crecimiento. La mayoría de los inmigrantes centroamericanos provienen de El...
View ArticleAll in for a Thriving Connecticut: Opportunities to Support Upward Mobility...
Immigrants comprise 15 percent of Connecticut’s population, and nearly 30 percent of children in the state are part of immigrant families. Having driven all state population and workforce growth over...
View ArticleChanging Origins, Rising Numbers: Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States
The 13.7 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States as of mid-2023 reflect increasingly diverse origins, socioeconomic and labor market characteristics, family composition, and places...
View ArticleThe Young Lives Uprooted by Climate Change
Children are especially vulnerable to displacement linked to climate change. This episode of the Changing Climate, Changing Migration podcast features a discussion with UNICEF’s Laura Healy about this...
View ArticleMoldova Shoulders Disproportionately Large Ukrainian Population, in the...
One of Europe’s poorest countries, Moldova has hosted more displaced Ukrainians per capita than any other nation. More than one-quarter of the nearly 7 million Ukrainians who fled since Russia’s 2022...
View ArticleGraduating into Uncertainty: Unauthorized Immigrant Students in U.S. High...
All high school students face important questions about what comes next after graduation. Those who are unauthorized immigrants face additional challenges—from heightened immigration enforcement to...
View ArticleThe ESSA Waiver Landscape and Implications for K-12 English Learners
This discussion will focus on the federal government's invitation to states to seek waivers of their obligations under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Experts will offer an overview of current...
View Article