How Education Expert Views Miss the Mark on Low Income Students
How Education Expert Views Miss the Mark on Low Income Students
By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco As my students develop their argumentative writing, I push them to ask themselves “What are the implications of my argument?” In other words, if our high-school […]
Barefoot Triqui Indian Basketball Players Tour Los Angeles
By Sam Quiñones, A reporter’s Blog The barefoot Triqui Indian basketball team, from the mountains of Oaxaca, is in Los Angeles for a couple weeks. The team of 10 and […]
Don’t be afraid to speak Spanish at school
By John Benson, Voxxi If you’re a Spanish speaking student the ACLU has a message for you: You shouldn’t be afraid to speak Spanish in school. A Texas middle school principal is […]
How To Afford To Keep Your Kid In College
By Mariela Dabbah, Mamiverse Many parents can’t figure how to afford to keep their kid in college. Given the high cost of a college education these days, a hefty college tuition bill […]
Latino Studies Programs Taking Off In Colleges Across The Country
By Soni Sangha, Fox News Latino Vanderbilt University may not seem like a likely place for a Latino/a Studies Program. It has a steep tuition of nearly $42,000 (a total […]
The Identity Crisis of Mexican Americans
By Rodolfo Acuña, Counterpunch The debate as to what to name Chicana/o Studies will have future repercussions. The proposals are not new; they are not innovative; and they are symptomatic […]
Common Writing Standards are Essential for Latino Advancement
By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco By now, the term “Common Core” has probably found its way into at least one conversation about education, come through in a tweet, or created some […]
Banned Book Week: INVISIBLE MAN VISIBLE Beams Brighter
By Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante “We are adding INVISIBLE MAN to all Librotraficante Under Ground Libraries.” There are 1,000 ironies in that sentence, which is even shorter than a tweet. On […]
Many Latino kids denied education in rich farmland
By Susan Ferriss, Public Integrity Kern County is an American agricultural giant whose soil produced more than $6 billion worth of grapes, almonds and other farm products last year. Yet some […]
San Antonio to unveil new strategies to increase Latino college graduation rate
By James Aldridge, San Antonio Business Journal Diplomás Project is celebrating its one-year anniversary today with a two-day conference at cafécollege aimed at increasing the number of Latino college graduates […]
