Dual Language Education Explosion: A Critical Analysis of Policy Making Across the States

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session 19

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This symposium explores national trends of dual language (DL) education by examining the directions taken in six different states that do not have a long-standing tradition of bilingual education. Using critical perspectives and attending to the context of recent demographic transformations, the session’s overarching questions are: “How and why has public DL education been established? When and for whom has it succeeded, failed, or been reinvented?” Three papers, each presenting state documents and policies, will reveal trends in the planning of DL education, which places privileged students at the forefront while commodifying language minoritized students in the programs. Implications for educators and policymakers will be discussed as states and districts continue to build out DL programs.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Bilingual Education Research

Chair

• Claudia G. Cervantes-Soon, Arizona State University

Papers

• The National Gentrification and Policy Expropriation of Dual Language Education: Deconstructing Neoliberal Impacts - Juan A. Freire, Brigham Young University

• Community Enactment of Dual-Language Education Amid Neoliberal Policies and Diverse Local Histories - Lisa M. Dorner, University of Missouri - Columbia; Jeong-Mi Moon, University of Missouri - Columbia

• Dual-Language Education in the Southeast: Paths, Tensions, and Opportunities in Constructing Neoliberal, Multilingual Subjects - Claudia G. Cervantes-Soon, Arizona State University; G. Sue Kasun, Georgia State University; James Arthur Gambrell, Kennesaw State University; Wenyang Sun, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Discussant

• Patricia C. Gándara, University of California - Los Angeles