Social Justice Perspectives on English Language Learners

Ashraf Esmail is associate professor and program coordinator of criminal justice at Dillard University. Abul Pitre is professor and department chair of Africana Studies at San Francisco State University.Alice Duhon-Ross is core faculty for Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership, at Walden University. Judith Blakely is an educational specialist. Brandon Hamann is adjunct professor of criminal justice at Dillard University of New Orleans.

• List of Tables and FiguresForeword by Dr. Jancarlos Wagner-RomeroPreface by Dr. Judi Blakely and Dr. Alice Duhon-RossAcknowledgementsChapter 1: Linguistic Mediation Strategies for Promoting Equity and Social Change in the Bilingual Education Classroom by Miguel Ferna´ndez Álvarez and Amanda L. G. MontesChapter 2: Rethinking Assessment of English Learners: The Role of Connection by Kyongson ParkChapter 3: SySTEMic Issues: Exploring the Effects of Colonialism on English Language Learners’ Academic Outcomes by Uchenna EmenahaChapter 4: The Power of a Story: Catalyzing social change through photovoice projects by María L. Gabriel and Kevin RoxasChapter 5: (Re)Conceptualizing strategies for teaching African English Learners in U.S. Classrooms by Brenda MuzetaChapter 6: Looking at the Past to See the Future: Montana’s Underserved American Indian English Language Learners by Jioanna Carjuzaa and Holly HuntsChapter 7: Multilingual English Language Learners: A Social Change Perspective by Tamara Co