Immigration, Youth, and Education offers strikingly rich perspectives on immigrant young people and their education—and thereby points to possible future directions for educational policy, practice, and research.

In the United States today, immigration is often portrayed as an economic and political crisis, and immigrants are often depicted as a threat to national security and the country’s future. Children and youth in immigrant families are widely regarded as part of this burgeoning crisis, and their education is often neglected and poorly considered—and even contested.

Against this backdrop of political, economic, and educational turmoil, Immigration, Youth, and Education—a Special Issue of the Harvard Educational Review—offers timely and insightful correctives. Its unprecedented mix of articles creates a complex portrait of the daily lives and schooling experiences of children and youth in contemporary immigrant families. The innovative frameworks and findings in the issue’s scholarly articles are complemented, amplified, authenticated, and sometimes qualified by insights found in eight fascinating youth narratives.

Find out more about this special issue of the Harvard Educational Review.