Latino Education

Abstract

In this paper, we review scholarship on Latino Education in the US from the perspectives of positionalities – how are Latinos positioned in the educational process? We look at positions in terms of the type of educational program, particularly for English language learners, and at how the relationships within the school and classroom position Latinos in different ways. We further look at how racial category and ethnicity are evoked as ways of positioning Latino students and then also examine the role of socioeconomic class in their positioning. Finally, we explore how language – English, Spanish, and multilingualism – is part of the positioning of US Latinos in educational contexts.

Ideologías de lenguaje en la instrucción e identidad del español de herencia

“…Some schools even use shame to make students speak English instead of their HL (García, 2010). Unfortunately, sometimes these students react to it by disassociating themselves from Spanish (Fuller & Hosemann, 2015). The fact that Spanish is subordinated to English in the US may have a strong impact on the vitality of Spanish because of linguistic discrimination (Escobar & Potowski, 2015).…”