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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, […]

Focus on the majority leaves key research on minority populations untouched

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

NewsTaco October 20, 2016

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 […]

Closed Doors: Black and Latino Students Are Excluded from Top Public Universities

NewsTaco October 14, 2016

  By Elizabeth Baylor, Center for American Progress (12.5 minute read) In the fall of 2014, 297,000 African American and Latino students enrolled in America’s top public research universities. While access […]

North Carolina Latinos left homeless by Matthew await help

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*The good news is that a group of Latino residents of nearby Raleigh arrived in Newton Grove this week with emergency supplies. VL By EFE/Fox News Latino (2 minute read) […]