Shakira Is Going To Save Latino Students From Dropping Out?
Shakira Is Going To Save Latino Students From Dropping Out?
By Dustin Mendus Education has come to the forefront as a Latino issue in the past few weeks due to disappearing Latino students in Alabama. It’s raised eyebrows. The concerns […]
The Rise & Fall Of East LA’s Best Unknown Band, The Mexicats
Sometimes the stars that burn the brightest, also burn the fastest. Such was not the case with The Mexicats, a band some friends and I started back in the 1990s. […]
My Life As The Mexican Jack Kerouac
When I was in high school, I had an unquenchable thirst for the road. I had read books by Jack London, Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson that had romanticized […]
Latino Enrollment Increases, Mostly 2-Year Degree Programs
White student enrollment is dropping, but a spike in enrollment by Latinos was recently reported by the Pew Hispanic Center. According to his recent report, college-age Latinos accounted for 1.8 […]
Latinos Need To Go Past Bachelor’s Degrees To Graduate School
By studying at the undergraduate level, and then pursuing a graduate degree, Latinos may gain influence in the highest levels of our society. Every year I work to create opportunities to […]
Pennsylvania Town Sees First Latino Valedictorian
By Efrain Nieves & Victoria Cepeda Reading, Pennsylvania has seen a rapidly growing Latino community over the last decade. According to usatoday.com, Latinos account for 58% of Reading’s population, 72% of Reading high school students , and […]
Half Of Male Grads of Color End Up In Jail, Jobless Or Dead
[Editor’s Note: The following is a release from The College Board Advocacy & Policy Center.] Nearly half of young men of color age 15 to 24 who graduate from high […]
Arizona One Step Closer To Destroying Ethnic Studies
Arizona Schools Chief John Huppenthal announced Wednesday that the Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican American Studies program was in violation of state laws. He conveniently gave no alternative for the district […]
Bien Hecho: Latina Student Overcomes Mother’s Death
Two years ago 18 year-old Estefania Anaya lost her mother when she took her own life. Today, she’s the valedictorian of her private school in El Paso, Texas and recently won […]
Texas Groups Promote Education For Latino Kids
A few different groups in Texas have selected today, May 20, as a day where statewide attention will be paid to the future — students — and in Texas that […]
