Tapping the STEM Potential of Latinos

Tapping the STEM Potential of Latinos

Mary Mata April 8, 2013

By Brenda Álvarez, NEA Today When it comes to innovations in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, the United States has had, over the past two centuries, the […]

Oregon College DREAMers To Pay Same Rate As Residents

Mary Mata April 3, 2013

By Fox News Latino Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has made it official — undocumented immigrants will be able to attend public colleges in the state at the same tuition rates […]

The Wonders of Promoting School Involvement From Spanish Speaking Parents

Mary Mata April 2, 2013

  By Esther J. Cepeda, NBCLatino CHICAGO — Something bordering on the miraculous happened at my community high school the other night: The parents who speak only Spanish were included and […]

Educators set to march on Washington for DREAMer students

Mary Mata March 29, 2013

By Félix Pérez, EducationVotes It has been more than 15 years since he was in her classroom, but choral music teacher Jill Denny still lights up when describing Jose. “I […]

School Officials Give Latino Parents Cold Shoulder

Mary Mata

By Sharon Noguchi, San Jose Mercury News In seeking better lives for their children, Latino parents in Morgan Hill (CA) have felt vilified, ignored and blamed by the very people […]

Ethnic Studies Threatened in Texas

NewsTaco March 26, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco On a typical day there aren’t many Latinos walking around in front of the Alamo in downtown San Antonio, TX. Aside from the Latino raspa vendors, […]

Creative Way to Teach Health Education in a Latino School

Mary Mata March 25, 2013

By Salud Today Check this great new video featuring an innovative health education effort in El Monte City School District in El Monte, Calif., a city that is nearly 70% Latino. The […]

Student Diversity Is Up But Teachers Are Mostly White

Mary Mata March 22, 2013

By Emily Deruy, ABCNews/Univision Classrooms are becoming more diverse, but the people leading them remain predominantly white. More than 80 percent of the bachelor’s degrees in education awarded during the […]

CA 4th Graders Unite to Bring DREAMer Classmate Home

Mary Mata

By Diana Bohn, Berkeley Daily Planet Rodrigo was a happy nine-year-old fourth grader at Jefferson Elementary School in Berkeley, where he lived since he was two years old. On January […]

Sometimes Redundancy is a Good Thing

Mary Mata

By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco I know I have written several columns or essays decrying the dangers of guns.  But in light of the recent Senate debate, highlighted by our […]