Latino Student Awarded $1 Million for High School Harassment

Latino Student Awarded $1 Million for High School Harassment

NewsTaco December 4, 2012

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco For almost three and one half years Anthony Zeno put up with racial harassment at his rural New York High School, until he could take it […]

Bien Hecho: Latina Overachiever Becomes a College President

Mary Mata

By Ricardo Chavira, LIN@R FULLERTON, CA–Scholarly diligence and excellence, a willingness to move every few years and plain hard work are just some of what’s required to become a university president. […]

DREAMers Won’t Settle For Just The Dream Act

Mary Mata

By Elise Foley, Huffington Post Latino Vocies WASHINGTON — Nearly 600 would-be Dream Act beneficiaries and their allies, who helped in a successful push earlier this year for relief for […]

Latinos Use Mobile Devices for Homework More than Others

Mary Mata November 29, 2012

By Latinovations A new national survey conducted by TRU is reporting that Latino students are the biggest users of mobile devices for homework compared to other racial and ethnic groups. The survey polled 1,000 […]

The Dilemma Of Higher Education Facing Latinos

Mary Mata November 28, 2012

By Victor Escalante, NewsTaco   One of the questions Latinos face in our time is the pursuit of higher education. The only reason this is an issue is due to […]

Returning Migrant Kids Pose Educational Challenge in Mexico

Mary Mata November 26, 2012

By Kent Paterson, New America Media/Frontera NorteSur In different migrant-sending regions of Mexico, educators are coping with the new challenge of teaching children of return migrants who speak little or […]

Help bring back Chicano Studies in Tucson!

Mary Mata

By Three Sonorans One of the most important parts of the federal desegregation court order on Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) is the new Unitary Status Plan (USP) which is being […]

STEM Visa Considered for a House Vote Next Week

Mary Mata November 23, 2012

By Raisa Camargo, Voxxi After the Thanksgiving break, Congressional members in the House will consider voting on a Republican-backed STEM Visa bill next week adding to their list of legislative […]

Mass. To Grant In-State Tuition To DREAMers

NewsTaco November 20, 2012

By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices Undocumented immigrants who qualify for deferred deportation will get tuition breaks at public colleges and universities inMassachusetts. An unnamed official told The Boston […]

Academic Performance Not Top Reason for High Dropout Rates

NewsTaco

By Hope Gillette, Voxxi Poor academic performance ranked fourth on decisive reasons for high school student drop out , states the 2012 High School Drop Outs in America study. The data indicates […]