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The number of international migrants world-wide has continued to grow rapidly. Among the 258 million migrants recorded in 2017, 36 million are children and youth. In the United States today, 26% percent of school-aged children under 18 are the children of immigration. Public discourse around migration is notably divisive and polarized, rendering migration one of the more charged, and most important, civic issues of our time. In this session, we will focus on the role of education in preparing young people for their roles as moral citizens engaging with a world on the move. We will ask: How can educators better meet the needs of immigrant-origin students, their families, and their peers? How can we engage young people of all backgrounds in meaningful dialogue around this important topic? To respond to these questions, we will ground our discussion in stories of migration—our own and others’—as well as samples of young people’s dialogue about migration. Facilitators will draw on their current work in two projects. Out of Eden Learn is an initiative at GSE-Project Zero that offers young people opportunities to dialogue and build understandings with peers from different backgrounds. Re-imagining Migration is a collaboration between UCLA and GSE-Project Zero to ensure that young people grow up understanding migration as a shared condition of our past, present, and future to develop the knowledge, empathy and mindsets that sustain inclusive and welcoming communities.
Discussants include: Veronica Boix-Mansilla, Liz Dawes Duraisingh, Carrie James, and Adam Strom.