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Feminism And Our Lady Of Guadalupe
By Maria Hinojosa, Latino USA Our Lady of Guadalupe is a symbol of faith for both Mexican Catholics and non-Catholics. The brown virgin, who has strong associations with indigenous culture […]
How Education Expert Views Miss the Mark on Low Income Students
By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco As my students develop their argumentative writing, I push them to ask themselves “What are the implications of my argument?” In other words, if our high-school […]
Male vs female teacher. Does one have it easier than the other?
By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco Do male teachers have it easier than female teachers? The easy answer to this is, “It depends.” Despite the efforts by many colleges and organizations to […]
Chicago Public Schools’ Cultural Studies: an outdated approach
By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco While schools in the Southwestern United States celebrate re-claiming Mexican American Studies, in Chicago, Latinos remain ignored in a recent policy decision. On Wednesday, Chicago Public […]
How a father explains Our Lady of Guadalupe to his daughter
By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco When my little girl was three years old, she stared at our nativity one Saturday afternoon. She asked me, “Papi. Why are all the baby Jesus boys?” […]
Listen to the students, policy-makers and pundits
This article was suggested by Taquista Ray Salazar. By Grant Wiggins, Granted, and … Readers of this blog will recall that I routinely look at issues of student engagement via […]
Mexican etiquette some white people need to learn on dad’s 77th birthday
By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco I’ve stopped being surprised or offended when white colleagues don’t acknowledge me. I remember being 24 years old, walking down the long high-school hallway to my […]
Common Writing Standards are Essential for Latino Advancement
By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco By now, the term “Common Core” has probably found its way into at least one conversation about education, come through in a tweet, or created some […]
When Students Prove a Teacher Wrong
By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco The goal of every good teacher is to help students be independent thinkers who question ideas and authority figures. And I’ve learned to accept when my […]
Why I discourage Latino students from becoming teachers
By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco As I enter my 19th year in education, I’m reminded of how much things change and how much they stay the same. About ten years ago, […]