Equity Shifts: From Transitional to Dual-Language Bilingual Education

• In Event: Deconstructing and Problematizing in the Education of Emergent Bilinguals

Abstract

For decades, emergent bilinguals have been served with ineffective bilingual educational program models. The only program that has revealed long term academic success has been Dual Language Bilingual Education (DLBE). This research studies a district moving from an Early-Exit Transitional Bilingual Model to a district wide DLBE model. The objective of this study is on the “shifts” the district must confront that impact implementation. The findings reflect that teachers themselves went through linguistic and cultural experiences in their own schooling that influenced their own dispositions about language and schooling. LatCrit helps explain how educational processes have oppressed students and teachers, the latter who continue to oppress their students.

Authors

• Vanessa Espitia Mendoza, The University of Texas - El Paso

• Elena Izquierdo, The University of Texas - El Paso