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The End Of Texas As We Know It

Mary Mata October 10, 2011

By Cindy Casares There’s no doubt the world is in a crazy place right now, and Texas is no exception. It seems we’re entering a whole new era in the […]

NewsTaco Weekly Roundup: October 3 – 9, 2011

Mary Mata October 9, 2011

Mexican American History Is A Patriotic History

Mary Mata October 7, 2011

Latino Students More Likely Than Whites To Be Suspended

NewsTaco

Here are a couple of dots that I never thought to connect (I’m glad someone had the good sense to do it). It comes form a study done by the National Education […]

Shakira Is Going To Save Latino Students From Dropping Out?

Mary Mata October 6, 2011

By Dustin Mendus Education has come to the forefront as a Latino issue in the past few weeks due to disappearing Latino students in Alabama. It’s raised eyebrows. The concerns […]

Immigration Law Puts Alabama Teachers Out Of Work

NewsTaco

It’s been a full week since the state of Alabama’s new immigration law went into effect. In that time anyone with half an opinion on the matter, including me and […]

Houston Law Professor Honored As “Texas Primera”

Mary Mata October 5, 2011

The first Latina tenured law professor in Texas, Sandra Guerra Thompson, was honored last month by the Hispanic National Bar Association.  Thompson is a University of Houston Law Foundation Professor of […]