How Have Community College Funding Cuts Affected Latinos?
NewsTaco October 30, 2014
*Interesting: when funding for community colleges decreased, tuition increased in a majority of states. The Latino college student profile is ” low-income, first in the family to go to college, works more than […]
5 reasons why Time Magazine’s Rotten Apples article is right about education
NewsTaco October 29, 2014
*Testing and teacher tenure – Ray Salazar’s take on a Time articl. He says there is more to it than a magazine cover. VL By Ray Salazar, The White Rhino […]
Why is bilingual education ‘good’ for rich kids but ‘bad’ for poor, immigrant students?
NewsTaco October 27, 2014
*Excellent! Yes, let’s have this conversation. VL By Claire Bowern, Washington Post Two languages, two sets of opinion about bilingualism. On the one side is the research that consistently shows […]
US Latino Students’ High School Dropout Rate Is 50 Percent Lower Than in 2000
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*The good news is that something is working, the not so good news is that no one can say, for sure, what brought about the success – too many theories, […]