Latino Dropout Rate Reaches 28 Percent

The National Council of La Raza recently released a study that indicated a Hispanic dropout rate of 28 percent. The report also included strategy recommendations to improve the opportunities of […]

[Editor’s Note: The following was written by myself and Christina Saenz of Pa’lante Latino] The Tucson Unified School District’s attempts to unravel the ethnic studies program there doesn’t really make any […]

A Latina has begun a movement to promote a National Day of Spanish, modeled after the National Day of Silence, to stand in “support and solidarity with all those who […]

A Latina in Toppenish, Washington pretended to be pregnant for six months as part of a social experiment to understand what it would be like to be on the receiving end […]

By Efrain Nieves At 17.7 percent Connecticut has the third-highest unemployment rate in the nation with Latinos at the lead. Only Rhode Island, with 21.8 percent unemployment, and Nevada, 18.6 percent, have […]

If we’re ever going to change the direction of Latino education in the US we’ve got to begin by talking from within the same frame. The biggest obstacle is the perception that […]

Students in Tucson, Arizona preempted what they perceive to be a vote to undo ethnic studies in their schools, rushed into the Tucson Unified School District board room, tied themselves […]

Carlos D. Bustamante is a Stanford University geneticist, MacArthur genius and generally awesome. Originally from Venezuela, Bustamante is working to include more Latinos and African-Americans in genetic research in order to […]

A national museum that honors Latinos in this country will probably not be coming anytime soon, according to a New York Times report. Sadly, the reasons the federal museum is […]

Here’s a good indication that not all the news about Latinos and education is dire. This year Harvard University has admitted 12.1 percent Latino students; it’s yet to be seen […]