Toward a Critical Hmong Policy Framework

• In Event: Language, Policy, and Resistance: Negotiating Linguistic Preservation and Integration in U.S. and Canadian Schools

Abstract

This conceptual paper considers what a Hmong educational policy framework looks like when policymakers are operating from a position that draws on the strengths and assets of the Hmong community. This paper calls for a paradigm shift in how policymakers seek educational resources and support by not leveraging deficit and damage-centered approaches/data in order to enact change. This conceptual paper provides alternative policymaking approaches that can lead to nuanced ways of advocacy that moves beyond deficit and damaging discourses. We introduce four principles--conceptualized with the Hmong community in mind--that policymakers can use to create useful, meaningful, and asset-based educational policy for students of color.

Authors

• Ambar Hernandez Negrete, University of California - Davis
  Presenting Author

• Kaozong Nancy Mouavangsou, University of California - Merced
  Presenting Author