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Chicago Public Schools students reveal resilience

NewsTaco November 1, 2016

*My pick for lunch break read of the day. Chicago teacher Ray Salazar shares some of his students’ inspiring personal essays. VL By Ray Salazar, The White Rhino (1 minute read, […]

Stop expecting academia to love you

NewsTaco October 31, 2016

California Voters Support Bi-lingual Ed, But Schools Not Prepared

NewsTaco October 27, 2016

Many Hispanic students never have a teacher who looks like them—and that’s a big problem

NewsTaco October 25, 2016

*Most Latino students are urban students and “teachers who share a linguistic and cultural background with their students have a unique role to play in urban schools.” VL By Timothy Pratt, […]

Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she thought about hitting Antonin Scalia with baseball bat

NewsTaco October 20, 2016

*Justice Sotomayor: “If we’ve lost anything, it’s remembering that differences don’t stand, necessarily, on ill will. If you keep that in mind, you can resolve almost any issue, because you can […]

Hispanic High School Graduation Rates at All-Time High

NewsTaco October 18, 2016

*This is great news! The question now is are Latino high school graduate moving o to college, and are they graduating with degrees? VL By Greg Braxton, NBC News (2 minute read) […]

Why Teachers Cannot Remain Neutral About the Presidential Election

NewsTaco October 17, 2016

*Presidential politics in the high school classroom: Saying Trump’s comments are unacceptable is not political indoctrination. It’s teaching. VL By Ray Salazar, The White Rhino (4 minute read)  The Chicago Public […]