Will Latino Grads Grow As Online University Access Expands?
Will Latino Grads Grow As Online University Access Expands?
The University of Texas recently launched a new program, Finish@UT, with the goal of creating better access to classes and the attainment of degrees for non-traditional students, who may be juggling […]
Tucson Book Ban Is Just More Anti-Latino Rhetoric
By Richard G. Santos The State of Arizona has been foremost in anti-Mexican American legislation, ordinances and rhetoric in recent years. National boycotts and the U.S. Department of Justice and […]
Censorship In Arizona: Who’s Afraid Of An Educated Latino?
By Nicole Cipri In December, Arizona lawmakers passed the controversial bill known as HB2281, which banned ethnic studies in the Tuscon Unified School District. Last week, while students watched in stunned silence, […]
Tucson Students Walk Out Over Mexican American Studies Ban
High school students in Tucson, Arizona walked out of their classrooms Monday in protest over the ban on Mexican American studies in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) recently. NewsTaco […]
Bien Hecho: LA Students Use Chicano Moratorium As Inspiration
On August 29, 1970 in East Los Angeles, a group of Chicanos got together in order to discuss how to best oppose the Vietnam War; included in the mix were […]
Tucson’s Ethnic Studies Program Officially Shut Down
The Tucson Unified School District’s governing board shut down the ethnic studies program — or Mexican American studies — in a meeting Tuesday night. Only one of the five board […]
Mexican Imms In New York Struggling With Education
The New York Times reported this week about the fastest growing immigrant group in New York City — Mexicans — and the terrible statistics associated with this group’s educational attainment. […]
600 Latino Youth Take Time To Think About Leadership
By Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez, President of NHI Collegiate Leadership Network San Antonio, Texas — Each year the National Hispanic Institute invites the top Latino high school and undergraduates to San Antonio […]
Kids With Undocumented Parents Less Likely To Finish HS
A new study from UC Irvine finds that children of legal immigrants are more likely to complete high school and spend an average of two more years in school than […]
Latino Students More Likely Than Whites To Be Suspended
Here are a couple of dots that I never thought to connect (I’m glad someone had the good sense to do it). It comes form a study done by the National Education […]
