Obama: What are the Next Steps in Education Reform?
Obama: What are the Next Steps in Education Reform?
By Hope Gillette, Voxxi President Barack Obama put an emphasis on education reform during his first term as president, and as he prepares to start off his second term, many […]
Fiscal Cliff: Are We Really Going to Do Surgery With An Ax?
By Lily Eskelsen, NEA We’re all in trouble when I start a sentence with, “… and reasonable people in Congress will find a way get this done…” and the room explodes […]
Fiscal Cliff: Poorest School Districts Stand To Lose The Most
By Joy Resmovits, Huffington Post Latino Voices Juandiego Wade is worried. As vice chair of the Charlottesville City School Board in Virginia, he’s responsible for the well-being of its 4,000 students. And […]
Pact May End Long-Standing Arizona School Discrimination
By Hispanically Speaking News Groups representing black and Latino plaintiffs have reached an agreement with the Tucson Unified School District that could bring closure to a 1974 lawsuit over racial […]
Record Numbers of High School and College Graduates in 2012
By Hope Gillette, Voxxi The decline in educational attainment feared by many experts seems to be myth. According to a new report from the Pew Research Center, record numbers of young […]
Top 10% Admissions Reduced At UT-Austin, Will Affect Latinos
By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices It just got a little harder for Latinos to get into the University of Texas at Austin. The Houston Chronicle reported this week that U.T.-Austin […]
Young Latino Vote May be Tied to College Enrollment
By Hope Gillette, Voxxi Young Latino vote in Florida is increasing, says a report from Abby Kiesa, youth coordinator and researcher with Tuft University’s Center for Information and Research on Civic […]
Face the Facts: Limited-English Students Test Public Schools
By Raisa Camargo, Voxxi Limited-English students are a growing part of America’s classrooms making it more diverse, but America’s teachers have some catching up to do. Limited-English students outnumbering teachers […]
Letter To Justice Kennedy Regarding Affirmative Action
By Jesse Treviño, HispanicLatino Over the weekend, the following letter to Justice Kennedy regarding Fisher v. Texasmade its way to Washington, where I hope it is of some benefit. Justice Anthony […]
Some DREAMers Face Barriers to get GEDs and Qualify for Deferred Action
By Griselda Nevarez, NewsTaco Undocumented youth who didn’t complete high school are facing roadblocks to become eligible for the Obama administration’s deferred action program that would allow them to stay and work in […]
