Mexican-American History Books Approved by Arizona Are Not Authored by Latinos
Mexican-American History Books Approved by Arizona Are Not Authored by Latinos
By Samantha Leal, Latina The controversial Arizona city ban on Mexican American studies curriculum has garnered even more controversy, now that the approved replacement curriculum includes no Latino-authored books. The […]
More Latinas Gaining Independence with Higher Education
By Latinovations Recent reports revealed that Latinas are obtaining a higher education more than ever, but graduate researcher Andrea Gomez Cervantes found that while Latino families encouraged their daughters to […]
LOS ANGELES: A South Central kid at Cal
By Sam Quiñones, Reporter’s Blog Here’s a great story in the LAT by Kurt Streeter on the huge obstacles a kid from South Central — a valedictorian — faced at […]
Mexico heads back to school with flawed textbooks
This article was suggested by Taquista Maité Landa. By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press/Yahoo News MEXICO CITY (AP) — As Mexican children trooped back to school on Monday, they had […]
Poll shows that Latino parents back high-stakes testing
By Maria Camila Bernal, NBCLatino As parents and children prepare to go back to school, a new poll shows that most parents, including Latinos, support standardized testing. Parents across the U.S. […]
Insider’s Guide for Incoming Latino College Students
By Christine Killion and Samantha Madera, Al Día News You made it. You’ve struggled through twelve or more years of furious concentrating, reading until your eyes were sore, and scribbling until […]
More Latinas leaving home for college
By Erika L. Sanchez, NBCLatino Gaby Ramos, 21, decided to move away for college against her parents’ wishes. “Having a Hispanic family, you’re expected to stay home until you get married. […]
Study shows Jim Crow-era segregation persists in Texas schools
By Phys.org A first-of-its-kind study from researchers in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin shows that, in addition to being isolated by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic […]
Online Problem: Too many education policy voices are white
By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco Inspired by a blog post about BAM! Radio Network’s push to take on taboo education topics, I’m writing about the inequality that must be leveled–too many voices in […]
In education, a ‘pobrecito’ syndrome
By Esther J. Cepeda, The Salt Lake Tribune CHICAGO — When prospective educators go through training to prepare for teaching low-income, minority or at-risk children, they learn how to empathize […]
