Connecticut Shooting about Gun Reform, Not Education Reform

By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco I’ve remained silent watching the news about the funerals for the victims—especially the children—of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting.  I watched two parents on CNN last […]

By Latinovations Deborah Santiago, Co-Founder and Vice President for Policy Research at Excelencia in Education, is saying that there needs to be a greater focus to get more Latinos involved with […]

By Karla Henry New America Media/El Nuevo Sol Alberto Gutierrez has overcome many challenges on his path to becoming a professor, mentor, and most recently, earning his doctorate. Through it all, […]

By Latinovations According to a census poll released this week, Latino children are the fastest growing demographic in the nation, and according to experts, they are the demographic that should […]

By Cord Jefferson, Gawker [Photo courtesy utexas.edu] Click on picture to read story.  

By Curt Werner, Voxxi Much was made during the presidential campaign that the economic downturn and to a large extent the nation’s tax structure combined to yield unprecedented economic disparity between […]

By Claudia Tristán, The HUB@TTU She graduated in the top 2 percent of her high school, is in the Honors College at Texas Tech University, and is a Howard Hughes Medical […]

By Motoko Rich, New York Times Click on picture to read story. [Photo by Franklin Park Library]

By Hope Gillette, Voxxi There are 32 states in the nation with higher pay scales for teachers when compared to Texas, and that low rate of teacher salaries may be why […]

By Latino Rebels Looks like Halloween 2012 was the year of sorority sisters dressing up in racist Mexican costumes with sombreros, sarapes, mustaches, black shoe polish, and signs that say […]