Choose Your Own Adventure! by Becca Burnfin

Multi-Status Families & DACA

rburnfin — 2025-05-17 17:11:23 UTC

You are a school board policy advisor. A 16-year-old high school junior, a DACA recipient, is facing the threat of losing her protected status

English-Only Policy

rburnfin — 2025-05-18 15:36:43 UTC

Your school district is debating whether to enforce an “English-only” policy during classroom instruction. The proposed rule would ban the use of any other language even during side conversations or student collaboration.

Inequitable Access

rburnfin — 2025-05-18 15:42:46 UTC

You’re a federal education intern. New data shows second-gen immigrant students are scoring below peers in civics.

How did legal status shape which choices were available to students?

rburnfin — 2025-05-21 23:42:46 UTC

Were language access and cultural barriers considered in your outreach?

rburnfin — 2025-05-21 23:42:58 UTC

How did fear, funding, and fairness influence your thinking?

rburnfin — 2025-05-21 23:43:10 UTC

What power did local voices have to shape policy?

rburnfin — 2025-05-21 23:43:18 UTC

What trade-offs did you make between moral courage and legal caution?

rburnfin — 2025-05-21 23:43:23 UTC

What values guided your choices (legal compliance, equity, community voice) ?

rburnfin — 2025-05-21 23:43:49 UTC

How does multilingualism impact identity and equity?

rburnfin — 2025-05-21 23:43:57 UTC

What voices did you prioritize (families, lawmakers, or educators) ?

rburnfin — 2025-05-21 23:44:05 UTC

Would you change your decision now? Why or why not?

rburnfin — 2025-05-21 23:44:13 UTC

How did your choices try to include all students, especially those from undocumented or immigrant families?

rburnfin — 2025-05-21 23:44:57 UTC

What barriers (like funding, politics, or access) influenced your final plan, and how did you work around them?

rburnfin — 2025-05-21 23:45:05 UTC

If you could change one decision you made, what would it be? Why?

rburnfin — 2025-05-21 23:45:16 UTC