How Policy Designs Shape Two New Immigrant Destination Schools' Responses to Immigrant Students

• In Event: 25.053 - Critical Citizenship Education: Affirming Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice

Abstract

This comparative case study examines the policies of two new immigrant destinations in the United States and Canada which in the past 20 years experienced a rapid influx of immigrants. Using the policy design theory, this paper analyzes the framing of immigrant students in the federal, state, district and school-level policies. Interviews with immigrant students in these communities show how these policies shaped their schooling experiences and communicated important messages to them about their role in their new communities thus shaping their political identities. The paper concludes by discussing educators in working to craft more equitable policies.

Author

• Kristina Brezicha, Georgia State University