Latino High School Graduates Pass Whites in Rate of College Enrollment
Latino High School Graduates Pass Whites in Rate of College Enrollment
PRESS RELEASE High School Drop-out Rate at Record Low A record seven-in-ten (69%) Hispanic high school graduates in the class of 2012 enrolled in college that fall, two percentage points […]
Film Project on LA Street Vendors Brings Community Into the Classroom
Instructor Jacqueline La Torre (left) , students (left to right), Monica Rodas, Heidi Maqueos, Dahlia Perez, Magaly Ordonez and Tiffany Sosa. By Esmeralda Fabián, La Opinion/New America Media NAM Ed. Note: […]
Teacher Evaluation Is Everybody’s Business
From left: Ray Salazar, David Steele, Linda Darling-Hammond, Dale Mezzacappa By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco Few areas of education policy and practice are evolving as rapidly as teacher evaluation. Moving beyond […]
Latino Now Largest Ethnic Group in Texas’ Public Schools
By Yvonne Marquez and Lule Winkie, Dallas Morning News Hispanics have passed whites as the largest ethnic group in Texas schools, making up almost 51 percent of public school enrollment. […]
Colorado Gov. Signs Bill for Undoc In-State Tuition
By Anthony Cotton, Denver Post Marking the end of a decade-long effort to provide in-state tuition rates to Colorado college students in the U.S. illegally, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Senate […]
ACLU Sues California Educators Over English Instruction
By Shaya Tayefe Mohaje, Associated Press/Huffington Post Latino Voices LOS ANGELES — About 20,000 students in California who need to learn English aren’t getting adequate language instruction, according to a […]
Latino Rights Group Faults NMSU Over Latino Regents Number
By Associated Press/The Republic Mexico State University for not including it in the selection process involving a new campus president. The criticism came in a letter disclosed Monday by the […]
Latino Education Affordability is the Future of the U.S. Labor Force
By Susana G. Baumann, Voxxi A projected 37.6 million or 80 percent of the 47 million new workers entering the labor force in the next four decades will be of […]
What Does Obama’s Budget Proposal Mean for Latino Education?
By John Benson, Voxxi The recently released Obama’s budget proposal has educators within the Latino community cautiously optimistic. One such person is California State University San Bernardino Education Professor and Latino Education […]
The Time is Now for Dreamers: Join the Rally April 10
By Lily Eskelsen, Lily’s Blackboard Wednesday I will stand on the West Lawn of our nation’s capitol with thousands of others and demand that a dream come true. Congress isn’t Disneyland and […]
