Overcoming the Gentrification of Dual Language, Bilingual and Immersion Education
Solution-Oriented Research and Stakeholder Resources for Real Integration
Kate Menken editor Juan A Freire editor M Garrett Delavan editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Multilingual Matters
Published:12th Mar '24
Should be back in stock very soon
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£109.95(9781800414303)
First book to examine the gentrification of dual language bilingual education with a specific orientation towards finding solutions
This book proposes solutions to the gentrification of dual language, bilingual and immersion education in diverse contexts. The research draws attention to how understanding and responding to gentrification of language programs is part of the broader fight for racial and educational justice for immigrant communities in US schools.
This volume proposes solutions to the gentrification of dual language, bilingual and immersion education by examining how it operates across diverse school and community contexts. It brings together studies in a number of areas including instruction, curriculum development, classroom interaction, school leadership, parent and community engagement, ideological discourse and language policy. Through academic and reader-friendly summaries of research, this book makes a strong theory-to-practice impact towards equitable integration in education programs and their surrounding neighborhoods. It draws attention to how understanding and responding to gentrification of language programs is part of the broader fight for racial and educational justice for immigrant communities in US schools, and offers practical recommendations with action steps for educators, families, school administrators, activists and other key stakeholders in language education.
The four stakeholder resource chapters in Part 2 will be made Open Access to allow all teachers and administrators to benefit from the research, with freely available practical guidance on working towards equity in language education.
To access the chapters please see the following links:
Chapter 11: Ivana Espinet, Kate Menken and Imee Hernandez: Nice-White-Parent Gentrification of a New York City Middle School: The French Dual Language Program at the School for International Studies
https://zenodo.org/records/10519199
Chapter 12: Nelson Flores: Nice White Parents and Dual Language Education
https://zenodo.org/records/10519269
Chapter 13: Deb Palmer, Emily Crawford-Rossi, Lisa Dorner, Claudia G. Cervantes-Soon and Dan Heiman: Countering Gentrification through Critical Consciousness: Recommendations and Success Stories for DLBE Educators
https://zenodo.org/records/10519319
Chapter 14: Katie A. Bernstein, Kathryn I. Henderson, Sofía Chaparro and Adriana Alvarez: Creating DLBE Programs that Center Equity in the Face of School Choice Policies
https://zenodo.org/records/10519390
This book is a treasure of scholarly arguments by brilliant scholars who powerfully reject the gentrification of bilingual education theories in order to build culturally and linguistically responsive policies and practices that ideologically and pedagogically resist racialized bilingual classrooms and communities. * Cristina Alfaro, San Diego State University, USA *
This important book is a cautionary tale about how the best of intentions can be undermined when careful attention isn’t paid to the equity challenges in dual language programs. Dual language educators would be wise to take the lessons presented here to heart and plan their programs accordingly. * Patricia C. Gándara, University of California, Los Angeles, USA *
This book engages the reader in an in-depth, critical conversation about how gentrification of dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs affects policy and practice decision making at the program, school, district and state level, and points to ways to reconceptualize and reimagine DLBE through a new lens of integration. A terrific resource for those interested in the intersection of equity and bilingual education. * Ester J. de Jong, University of Colorado Denver, USA *
ISBN: 9781800414297
Dimensions: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
Weight: 460g
328 pages