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In Texas 14 Students per Hour Continue to Leave Before Graduating High School

NewsTaco October 27, 2010

Startling when you think of it in those terms. What’s it like where you live? The good folks at IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association) have published a great Internet tool […]

Paperless: DREAM Act Students in the NYTimes

Mary Mata October 25, 2010

Managing Your Social Media: HootSuite

Mary Mata October 22, 2010

New Book: Latino Migration in North Carolina

Mary Mata

Interesting new book coming out of the University of North Carolina Press titled The Latino Migration Experience in North Carolina.  Written by Hanna Gill, the book explores Latino migration to […]

Hablando Bien: The Dynamics of Spanglish

Mary Mata

Recently I was having a conversation with a gentleman from the Deep South in San Antonio, Texas and he informed me that he’s been told, “Hispanics are too lazy to […]

Keep ‘Em Dumb So ‘Illegals’ Don’t Get Our Jobs

Mary Mata October 21, 2010

In an obvious attempt to keep unauthorized immigrant children from getting post-high-school education, The Nation reports that Georgia has joined a growing number of states are making it increasingly difficult […]

11 Arizona Teachers Sue Over Ethnic Studies

Mary Mata October 20, 2010

Eleven educators from Tucson, Arizona have sued the state over implementation of what they call an “anti-Hispanic” law that would ban Mexican-American studies courses in public schools, CNN reports. The […]