Includes a multidimensional analysis of dual language education that considers academic, legal, political, socio-cultural, and economic aspects, and the work of K-12 educators and leaders

Offers an important focus on Latina/o ELLs along the US-Mexico border, while highlighting research, challenges, and best practices from other states

Provides important examples of effective leadership and teaching practices in dual language and ELL

Includes a range of organizations and resources for the reader who wants to learn more about Latino/a ELLs and dual language education in Texas and across the United States

Preface; David E. DeMatthews, Elena Izquierdo.- Injustice and Redemption: The Education of Latinx Emergent Bilinguals; David E. DeMatthews, Elena Izquierdo.- Part I: Setting the "State": The Old and Subtractive Ways Haven't Worked.- Bilingual Education Policy in Texas: Promise and Lost Opportunities; David Hinojosa.- Compounded Inequities: Tracking School Finance Equity for Districts Serving Low-Income Emergent Bilingual Students; David S. Knight, Jesus Mendoza.- Assessment and English Language Learners in Special Education; Edgar M. Torres Ovando, Danika L. S. Maddocks, Angela Valenzuela.- To Want the Unwanted: English Language Learners on the Border; Reynaldo Reyes III.- Part II: Bilingualism, Biliteracy, and Dual Language Education.- Dual Language Education for All; Wayne P. Thomas, Virginia Collier.- A More Comprehensive Perspective in Understanding the Development and Learning in Dual Language Learners; Eugene E. García.- Biliteracy and Translanguaging in Dual Language Bilingual Education; Susana Ibarra Johnson, Ofelia García, Kate Seltzer.- Preparing Leaders for Latina/o Academic and Language Success: Frameworks, Perspectives and Strategies; Juan Manuel Niño, Enrique Alemán, Jr..- Part III: Leading the Way to Dual Language Education.- Dual Language for All: Central Office Leadership in the El Paso Independent School District; Elena Izquierdo, David E. DeMatthews, David Knight, James Coviello.- Leading Dual Language: Twenty Years of Innovation in a Borderland Elementary School; Elena Izquierdo, David E. DeMatthews, Estefania Balderas, Becca Gregory.- A School Leadership Framework for Dual Language; David E. DeMatthews, Elena Izquierdo, Stephen Kotok.- The Challenges of Recruiting and Retaining Dual Language Teachers; Elizabeth Howard, Angela M. López-Velásquez.- Implications for the Future; Elena Izquierdo, David E. DeMatthews.