Latinx Experiences in U.S. Schools

Voices of Students, Teachers, Teacher Educators, and Education Allies in Challenging Sociopolitical Times

Margarita Jiménez-Silva, Janine Bempechat

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9781978758360
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Theory & Practice

This edited volume brings together voices of Latinx students, teachers, teacher educators, and education allies in Latinx communities to reveal ways in which today's sociopolitical context has given rise to politically-sanctioned hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric. Contributors—key stakeholders in the education of immigrant Latinx children, youth, and college students—share how this rhetoric has exacerbated existing systemic injustices within K-Higher Education. They draw attention to counternarratives that speak to leadership and strength of community. Contributors include high school and college students and faculty, community organizers, and early career academics, whose voices are too often underrepresented in academic conversations. This book highlights professional and personal acts of courage, community organization, and the transformation of students and educators who are stepping into leadership roles to affect change. Understanding that teaching and learning are political acts, we call all those vested in Latinx communities to engage in small and large acts of agency to collectively impact change in our K-Higher Education systems.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• Introduction
• Part I: Voices of Students
• Chapter 1: “I Don’t Like the Way He Acts With Mexicans”: An Analysis of Opinion-Augmentative Writing Sessions with Emergent Bilingual Learners
• Chapter 2: “What Do You Mean, You Feel Latina?”: Use of Pan-Ethnic Identity Labels among Middle School Bilingual Youth
• Chapter 3: “Why Isn’t Cinco de Mayo 365 Days a Year!”: Culturally Sustaining Practices in an Age of Distrust
• Part II: Voices of Teachers
• Chapter 4: Rising Up to Lead in the Post-Truth Era: A Teacher’s Path from the Classroom to City Hall
• Chapter 5: Unshifting Practices and Perspectives: Disrupting the Cycle through Anti-Racist Pedagogy
• Chapter 6: A Funny Thing Happens on the Way to the Classroom: Positioning Latinx Students, Families, and Teachers as Knowers while Promoting Cultural Competence for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy through Study-Abroad in Chile
• Part III: Voices of Teacher Educators
• Chapter 7: Educating Teachers to Work with Latinx Children and Families in Challenging Sociopolitical Contexts and Times
• Chapter 8: What Counts as Official Knowledge?: Pursuing Accreditation in a Post-Truth Era
• Chapter 9: Preparing Bilingual Teachers through a Bilingual Undergraduate Teacher Corps: Nidos de Lengua y Comunidad1
• Part IV: Voices of Education Allies
• Chapter 10: Undocu-Ally Trainings: Reducing Stigma and Prejudice via Educational Interventions
• Chapter 11: Voces Unidas: Advocating for Emergent Bilinguals while Navigating Arizona’s Sociopolitical Context
• Chapter 12: Preparing Teachers to be Allies in Addressing Mental Health with K-12 Students
• Conclusion
• Index
• About the Editors and Contributors