Q&A: Cultural Fluency Key to Improving Latino Student Success
Q&A: Cultural Fluency Key to Improving Latino Student Success
By New America Media Ed. Note: Latino students comprise over half the K-12 student population in California, and while graduation rates for Latinos are on the rise, a persistent achievement gap […]
School technology: Pros outweigh cons?
By Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum Even from a young age I remember technology always playing a part in the classroom setting. Often there was at least one or two computers in […]
Los Graduados: New series explores Latino high school dropout issue
By John Benson, Voxxi Filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz isn’t a high school dropout but he knows firsthand about the plight of Latino teenagers – especially immigrants – when it comes to […]
Latino students make SAT history
By Natalie Gross, Lubbock Online Texas college-bound test takers made history during the 2012-13 school year. For the first time, more Hispanic students took the SAT than white students. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why I discourage Latino students from becoming teachers
By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco As I enter my 19th year in education, I’m reminded of how much things change and how much they stay the same. About ten years ago, […]
Hispanic enrollment in U.S. colleges up 15 percent
By Daniel Trotta and Carol Bishopric, Reuters (Reuters) – Enrollment by Hispanics in U.S. colleges rose 15 percent from 2011 to 2012 even as the overall college population declined, the […]
Community Colleges Overwhelmed By Rising Latino Student Population
By Kate Sheehy, Fronteras More and more Latinos are going to college. A recent study from the Pew Hispanic Center shows that, for the first time, Latinos have surpassed whites in […]
Low number of Hispanic medical students, a real issue
By John Benson, Saludify One look at America’s healthcare networks and its lack of Latino doctors, nurses and medical staff is obvious. • The number of American doctors registered Hispanic: 53,075 […]
