What are some lessons learned from the pandemic? We learned that,
in times of crises, the humanitarian needs of students, families,
and ourselves must be a top priority. We learned that forming
effective partnerships with families and communities is essential
to the health and well-being of our children. We were offered a
blunt reminder that a system designed to serve the interests of a
privileged few was destined to fail our historically underserved
students, especially our millions of multilingual learners. Above
all, we learned that the "normal" many of us have yearned for was
never good enough-that we must envision a "better world," where we
build on our multilingual students' unique assets and cultivate
their inner brilliance. Only then will we deliver on their promise.
It's this "better world," a world in which communities, schools,
and classrooms work together as a "whole-child ecosystem," Beyond
Crises: Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Inequities in
Communities, Schools, and Classrooms sets out to create. Taking a
look from the outside in, Debbie Zacarian, Margarita Calderon, and
Margo Gottlieb address three critical arenas: 1. Imagining
Communities describes how to design and enact strengths-based
family and community partnerships, including the critical
importance of identifying, valuing, and acknowledging each member's
assets and competencies, and the ways recent crises have amplified
their struggles. 2. Imagining Schools takes an up-close look at
policies, structures, and now irrelevant ways of schooling that
call for change and how we might reconfigure professional
development to ensure every teacher and administrator is dedicated
to the well-being and success of our multilingual learners. 3.
Imagining Classrooms demonstrates how to optimize learning
opportunities-both virtual and face-to-face-so our diverse students
grow cognitively, linguistically, and social-emotionally, and
accentuate their talents in knowing and using multiple languages in
linguistically and culturally sustainable environments. "Student
and family, classroom, school, and local community are not silos
unto themselves," Debbie, Margarita, and Margo insist. "They are
part of a larger whole that is interrelated and interconnected and,
even, interdependent on each other. By forming stronger alliances,
we can realize the power of truly working, socializing, and
flourishing together." Beyond Crises is the first critical step
forward.
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