Immigrant Children & Youth
School: Harvard Graduate School of Education
Semester: Spring 2026
*Lottery-Based Enrollment* In this course, we will examine the immigrant origin child and youth experience through intersecting and interdisciplinary lenses. Over one quarter of students in the U.S. have immigrant parents. The goal of the course is to unpack what about the immigrant experience matters for child and youth development with a focus on the implications for their educational experiences and pathways. The course takes an ecological and risk and resilience framework. Topics to be covered will include: immigrant family dynamics; belonging and exclusion; acculturation and identity; undocumented and mixed-status implications for development, language development; assessment; among others. Throughout the course, we will consider practice, research, and policy implications.
