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California School Board Member: A/C should go to school with more white students becasue Latinos can tolerate heat better

NewsTaco April 16, 2015

*I had to double check this sotry to make sure it wasn’t satire. This actually happened at the Martinez Unified School District, in Contra Costa County, California. The board member, with […]

Fullerton Student, son of Mexican immigrants, accepted to all 8 Ivy League schools

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Where Are the Teachers of Color?

NewsTaco April 13, 2015

How to even the educational playing field for Latino kids

NewsTaco April 7, 2015

*I’m skeptical of “How to” headlines that assume knowledge of a secret sauce to fix a problem. But I can’t help myself, I click on them anyway, that’s what the […]

Latino children’s language skills are lagging by age 2, study says

NewsTaco April 3, 2015

*This is not shocking, but it does shine a light on the fact that previous thinking on Latino literacy was incomplete. There’s been a recent move towards a more intense […]

A Latino’s Reality in an Elite College Classroom

NewsTaco March 20, 2015

*I want to introduce you to our newest contributor, Raúl Guzmán Ayala, a first generation student at Carleton College. He writes about his experiences as a Latino in an elite college, […]

Schools after the surge: Swamped by migrant kids, Miami-Dade district seeks more funding

NewsTaco March 19, 2015

*The second of a four part series by Fox News Latino about how some schools and school districts are coping with the sudden increase in students due to the surge […]