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 […]
Mass school closings’ severe impact on lives of Latino, black students
By Trymaine Lee, NBCLatino PHILADELPHIA— Each morning just before school, Dawn Hawkins and her 13-year-old son Khyrie hold hands, close their eyes and bow their heads. “Be a shield of protection […]
Michigan’s Proposal 2 is unconstitutional, unfair to Latino students
By Raul A. Reyes, NBCLatino The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Schuette vs. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is challenging a court ruling that voided a state […]
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 […]
College Admissions “Arms Race” Affects Latino Students
I was recently invited to speak to a group of high school students to give them tips for writing their college application essays. Some of the students (there were about […]
