Abstract
As migration reshapes communities around the world, the classroom is often the first place where people from different backgrounds meet. But when a child is taught in a language other than their first, they can struggle to participate and risk falling behind academically. Beyond grades, the ways schools respond to this diversity affects whether students feel they belong in the classroom at all. Barbara Gross, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in Italy, is exploring how teachers and educators can approach migration-related diversity in a way that allows all students to thrive.