Beyond Crises: Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Inequities in Communities Schools and Classrooms

Debbie Zacarian, Margarita Espino Calderon & Margo Gottlieb

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.

Published: Corwin, 2021