A new report documents how keeping students safe and focused became difficult amid ICE presence.

June 22, 2026In this blog, I (Sophia Rodriguez) and Melissa Ortiz (doctoral student at NYU Steinhardt) share some initial findings from our landscape analysis of states' funding for language learners....

Special education programs and the civil rights office will be moved out of the Education Department, the most aggressive move yet by the Trump administration to dismantle the agency.

All children, regardless of immigration status, have the right to a free K-12 public education. But without birthright citizenship, access to schools and colleges could get complicated.

As the public turns against Trump and the Republicans on immigration, the Democrats can seize the moment with a new, positive vision. Here’s what that might look like.

Experts on Native American law say the Elk v. Wilkins ruling has no bearing on whether the children of immigrants without permanent legal status can be denied birthright citizenship.

Over the past few months, urban, suburban and rural communities have experienced a surge in ICE presence, arrests and deportations — affecting thousands of school-age children. It is crucial that we d...

The “chilling effects” of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has led to declining enrollment and more absences, officials say.

This article assesses the literature on immigrant assimilation frequently used to explain the educational experiences and trajectories of immigrant young adults...

Introduction by: Melissa Ortiz, New York University and Sophia Rodriguez, New York UniversityGuest Blogger: Rita Kamani-Renedo, PhD Candidate in Race, Inequality, and Language in Education, Stanford U...

LA Unified offers financial help and legal advice to immigrant families, among other services. The district has emerged as a national model.

The U.N. refugee agency says that governments around the world are increasingly undermining the global convention on refugees and asylum-seekers even threatening its very existence.

Research shows immigrant students’ right to education faces new threats from state laws and federal policies.

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This article theorises the hidden injuries of undocumented immigration statues. Through ten years of longitudinal ethnographic research (2012–2022), the author centres the experiences of two undocu...

Introduction by: Lisa Pamela Lopez-Escobar and Sophia Rodriguez, New York UniversityGuest Bloggers: Rachel Duff and Tamara Alsace, PhD, City University of New York – Initiative on Immigration and Educ...

East Ward schools are so overcrowded that over 150 students are being bussed out of the ward every morning to schools in the Central and North wards.Many of the students being bussed are learning...

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General education teachers are more likely than ever to be working with students who have special needs.