On Texas school funding: Only one option for Latinos, get involved
NewsTaco May 16, 2016
*Now that the initial shock has passed over the Texas Supreme Court’s decision on public school funding, it’s time for action. Al Kauffman tells us that constitutional does not mean […]
Texas Supreme Court Upholds School Funding System
NewsTaco May 13, 2016
*This.is.huge. The battle to remedy the inequitable system that funds Texas public schools is decades old. Since 1980 advocates for equitable funding have sued the state of Texas seven times, […]
How decades-old discrimination against Latino kids continues today – and what you can do about it
NewsTaco May 3, 2016
“. . . in at least 35 districts in 14 states, hundreds of unaccompanied minors from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have been discouraged from enrolling in schools or pressured […]
People Keep Saying Higher Education Will Solve Socio-Ecponomic Inequality—It Won’t
NewsTaco April 26, 2016
*Latinos have bought-in to the idea that a college education is the cure-all goal that opens the door to the American dream. Aaron Sanchez says it isn’t. It’s not equalizing […]