Spanish and Education

Here you will find information about my work on Spanish and education.

Conference Presentations

Park-Johnson, S., Barrera-Tobón, C., & Buck, M. (2022, June 17). The gentrification of bilingualism and heritage language education [Conference presentation]. NHLRC 4th International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages, online.

References: 

American Councils Research Center. (2021). Canvass of Dual Language Immersion (DLI) programs in the U.S public schools.  Retrieved from https://www.americancouncils.org/sites/default/files/documents/pages/2021-10/Canvass%20DLI%20-%20October%202021-2_ac.pdf

Cardona-Maguigad, A. (2020, October 12). More Than 70% Of CPS Bilingual Programs Fall Short. National Public Radio: WBEZ Chicago. https://www.wbez.org/stories/more-than-70-of-cps-bilingual-programs-fall-short/835b5876-98ea-4a4b-b082-3b92c298f8a6

Center for Applied Linguistics. (2016). Directory of two- way immersion programs in the U.S. Retrieved March 23, 2016 from http://www.cal.org/twi/directory.

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. (2021). 2020 Census Supplement: Chicago Community Areas [Data file]. Retrieved from https://datahub.cmap.illinois.gov/dataset/community-data-snapshots-raw-data/resource/0916f1de-ae37-4476-bf4e-6485ba08c975

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. (2015). 2010 Census Data Summarized to Chicago Community Area. Retrieved from https://datahub.cmap.illinois.gov/dataset/2010-census-data-summarized-to-chicago-community-areas/resource/b30b47bf-bb0d-46b6-853b-47270fb7f626

Chicago Public Schools. (2022). Budget (FY 2023). Retrieved from  https://www.cps.edu/about/finance/budget/budget-2023/

Chicago Public Schools. (2022). Demographics. Retrieved from https://www.cps.edu/about/district-data/demographics/

Chicago Public Schools. (2015-2022).  Press Releases.  Retrieved from https://www.cps.edu/press-releases/

García, O., Zakharia, Z. and Otcu, B. (2013). Bilingual Community Education for American Children: Beyond Heritage Languages in a Global City. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.

Potowski, K (2004). Student Spanish Use and Investment in a Dual Immersion Classroom: Implications for Second Language Acquisition and Heritage Language Maintenance. The Modern Language Journal, 88, 1, pp. 75-101.

Potowski, K (2013, April). No child left monolingual [Video}. TEDX  Conferences. https://hip.uic.edu/news-stories/kim-potowskis-tedx-talk-no-child-left-in-monolingual/

Thomas, W. P., & Collier, V. (1997). School Effectiveness for Language Minority Students. NCBE Resource Collection Series, No. 9. National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education. Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED436087

U.S. Census Bureau (2021). Quickfacts Chicago City Illinois. Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/chicagocityillinois

U.S. Census Bureau (2021). Quickfacts Illinois. Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/IL

USA Facts. (2021).  Our changing Population: Illinois. Retrieved from https://usafacts.org/data/topics/people-society/population-and-demographics/our-changing-population/state/illinois?endDate=2020-01-01&startDate=2010-01-01&gclid=CjwKCAjwqauVBhBGEiwAXOepkZhtyuquHrns3lbPtx1lAM1MmL5GGEaRCM6mIEIieIRBTzVdMLUsjRoC6RQQAvD_BwE