Sequester and Latino Education: Vulnerable Group in the Crossfire

By John Benson, Voxxi With the sequester now a reality, the debate continues regarding the totality of spending cuts coming down the pike. However, there’s little argument education is going to […]

By Félix Pérez, Education Votes Julieta Garibay wells up with emotion when she recounts her journey of being brought at the age of 12 to the United States with her […]

By Aaron Schrank, Religion News Service As the country’s fastest-growing population, Latinos now make up nearly 40 percent of all U.S. Catholics, but represent less than 14 percent of students at […]

By Mike Cassidy, San Jose Mercury News This divide isn’t about who has computers and who doesn’t; or who does and doesn’t have Internet access. This divide is between kids whose […]

By Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News 62 percent of all the degrees earned annually by Hispanics are earned by Latinas. Why have Latinos fallen behind? It’s complicated but, in part, […]

PRESS RELEASE The Smithsonian Latino Center is now accepting applications for the 2013 Young Ambassadors Program, June 23 through Aug. 2. The application deadline is April 12, before 5 p.m. […]

By Colleen Flaherty, Education Votes In a small town in northern Wisconsin, Spanish teacher Scott Ellingson has two students in his class who traveled a long way to be there. […]

By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco On Wednesday, one of Chicago Public Radio’s reporters published a piece that criticized Chicago Public Schools leaders for refusing to confirm if shooting victims attended Chicago Public Schools. […]

By Emily Deruy, ABCNews/Univision Only a small percentage of the Hispanic students who qualify for AP classes actually take them. Of the 20 percent of public school graduates in the […]

By Patrick Michels, Texas Observer Outside the Senate chamber Tuesday afternoon, advocates for minority students laid out their priorities for public education this session—and wondered why so few Latino experts have […]