ECED211 - Childcare Policies & Issues: Issue Spotlight: Immigration

The authors' purpose was to explore and select multicultural literature that represents religious diversity for early childhood classrooms. They identified four themes: immigration and refugees, holidays, sharing memories and stories, building understandings and empathy. We offered examples of the themes and an example of implementation in the classroom.

he findings demonstrate that listening closely to immigrant teachers' stories about teaching immigrant children, in which multiple cultures, languages, and experiences mesh, offers important insights into the nuanced everyday practices of responsive teaching and caring for immigrants, and provides implications for teacher education and early childhood programs.

Even though parents saw great value in preschool preparing their children for school and helping themselves as parents, there was also fear and mistrust in neighborhood schools that was rooted in discrimination and long-term educational inequality.

State-by-state fact sheets and data

Learn about top state and county destinations for unauthorized immigrants in the United States based on their country or region of origin in this interactive map.

Downloadable PDF. 2018