Guest Editors: Karen Cadiero-Kaplan and James L. Rodriguez
Department of Policy Studies in Language & Cross-Cultural Education, San Diego State University
This special issue focuses on the array of equity, access, and social justice issues embedded in theory, research, and practice on bilingualism, biliteracy and the education of English Learners in pre-K through 12 classrooms. Some topics that will be included in the issue are: sociopolitical factors surrounding bilingualism, biliteracy, and English language learning; educational experiences of children & adolescents in bilingual and English learning classrooms; family and/ or community involvement of students in dual language, bilingual and English learning classrooms; the preparation of teachers working with bilingual children/English Learners; research that highlights successful dual language, bilingual, or English learner program models.
