Best for Our Children Critical Perspectives on Literacy for Latino Students

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.Reyes, Maria de la Luz is the author of 'Best for Our Children Critical Perspectives on Literacy for Latino Students', published 2000 under ISBN 9780807740064 and ISBN 0807740063.