Reconfiguring Latinx Sibling Relations in an Elementary Bilingual Dual Language Program

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Abstract

This article describes how Latinx siblings resist and reimagine dominant forms of family-school relations that permeate their experiences within a bilingual elementary program. Despite deficit institutional labels, the siblings connected their understandings of disciplinary concepts to their everyday experiences inside and outside of school. Their experiences demonstrate the importance of educational leaders, researchers, and policy makers recognizing the brilliance, joy, and creativity of racially minoritizd children as catalysts for reimagining education in a post-pandemic, heightened racially tense world.

Author

• Jasmine Alvarado, Brandeis University