The Best for Our Children : Critical Perspectives on Literacy for Latino Students (Language and Literacy (Cloth), 54)

This watershed volume brings together the foremost leading authorities and scholars lending their individual voices to a single, urgent issue: literacy for Latino students. Their discussions and critical perspectives on literacy for Latino students in grades K-12 touch on the important topics of: encouraging biliteracy in the classroom; constructing theories of possibility; promoting critically literate youth; organizing teaching and learning to students' potential; and linking literacy to lived experiences.These authors offer hope for children's academic potential as well as evidence showing that integration of native language and culture in supportive learning environments can lead to success in literacy in two languages.The Best for Our Children : Critical Perspectives on Literacy for Latino Students (Language and Literacy (Cloth), 54), with ISBN 9780807740071 and ISBN 0807740071.