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Chicago Public Schools announces Latino and Latin American Studies curriculum

NewsTaco March 9, 2015

*Most of the talk about Latino studies in public schools has been un th epolitical arena. Seldom do we hear about it from the trenches – the classrooms. Ray Salazar, […]

Four-Year College Found to Give Completion Edge to Low-Income Students

NewsTaco March 5, 2015

Richmond, VA, High School principal to apologize to Latino students after improper search

NewsTaco March 2, 2015

Bill allowing undocumented immigrants to teach passes first test

NewsTaco February 20, 2015

*Yep, we’re talking about this. You’d think that allowing DREAMers to teach in Nevada public schools would be a non-issue, being that those aspiring teachers went to school in those […]

U.T. at Austin Considering Increasing Funds for Latino Studies After Border Patrol-Themed Party Protests

NewsTaco February 16, 2015

*Winston Churchill is credited with saying “never let a good crisis go to waste.” That’s probably what the folks at the University of Texas’ Latino Community Affairs had in mind. […]

‘Forgotten’ Latino scholar may get Albuquerque school

NewsTaco February 13, 2015

*We posted a story a couple of months ago about a biography of George I. Sanchez. It had mixed reactions. Some people believe he was a champion of Latino education […]

From Stereotypes to Prototypes

NewsTaco February 3, 2015

*This was written by my friend Raul Lomeli, published in Spanish in a Mexico City Newspaper. It’s troubling to see how the stereotypes of U.S. Latinos prevail as well south […]