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In "The Potential and Promise of Latino Students" (American Educator, Spring 2017) , Patricia Gándara describes the changing cultural and linguistic portrait of Latino students in the USA while reflecting on their potential and areas of struggle. In the section, "Why Latinos Fall Behind," Gándara reflects on a common trend in schools to identify second-language acquisition as the primary factor impacting Latino student's academic performance and growth. I wanted to deconstruct several of her quotations and analyze the potential impact our Latino students. Quotation: "The simplistic and misguided explanation that language is the primary impediment to academic achievement overlooks the much more powerful role of poverty. Nearly two-third (62 percent) of Latino children live in or near poverty, and less than 20 percent of low-income Latinos live in households where anyone completed postsecondary education," (p.6). Analysis: Although many ...
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