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Volume 16, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 1751-1917
  • E-ISSN: 1751-1925

Abstract

In order to be effective in today’s diverse American K-12 classrooms, teachers must teach all students – including immigrant, undocumented and mixed-status students. This article suggests three ways for teachers to become effective educators for all students: by gaining historical perspective on immigration law and policy in the United States; by becoming knowledgeable about undocumented and mixed-status students; and by adopting a cosmopolitan human rights stance regarding migration, membership and human belonging.

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