Abstract
It has been widely acknowledged that family engagement is critical in education. With the growing number of multilingual learners in U.S. schools, increasing emphasis has been placed on engagement with families from multilingual and multicultural backgrounds. In this review, the authors first introduce the conceptual framework for multilingual family engagement based on existing literature. The authors then review 137 empirical studies published between 2011–2021, with a focus on multilingual family engagement to address two questions: 1) What are the challenges in multilingual family engagement efforts based on the review studies? 2) What are promising engagement practices to promote multilingual family engagement at the individual, interpersonal, and interorganizational levels? Implications are provided for researchers and practitioners committed to the cultivation, enhancement, and sustainability of equitable multilingual family engagement.
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