Schools of Promise for Multilingual Students
Transforming Literacies, Learning, and Lives

Althier M. Lazar (Edited by), Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt (Edited by)

9780807759479

Paperback / softback, published 7 September 2018

208 pages
22.6 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.302 kg

Contributors include Steven Z. Athanases, Mark Conley, Brian A. Collins, Marnie W. Curry, Ann E. Ebe, Ivana Espinet, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Norma González, Lee Gunderson, and Shelley Hong Xu. Discover the inner workings of schools that successfully serve multilingual students, especially those who affiliate as Latinx. They do this through varied school-wide initiatives that include developing students’ home languages, recruiting caregivers and community members to mentor students, establishing positive and respectful climates, providing rigorous instructional interventions, and inviting students to take leadership roles.