Category: Children
Nothing innovative about dumbing down curriculum to close racial achievement gap
LatinaLista — There has always been talk of redesigning the high school curriculum to help close the achievement gap that persists between Anglo students and Latino and black students. Yet Berkeley High School is doing something that, while it is meant to have good intentions behind it, amounts to nothing more than dumbing down the [...]
Special program brings students together with Spanish
LatinaLista — What’s the difference between Latino students of one high school versus “Spanish students” at another? The quick assumption would be that they are the same — all Hispanic students. Yet, that’s not true in this case. While the Latino students of Danbury High School are Hispanic, the Spanish students from Joel Barlow High [...]
Unique online toy drive & fundraiser bridges children’s needs in both Latin and North America
LatinaLista — While December 25 is recognized as being THE day to share gifts in the United States, and around the world, there is another day that is equally important to most Latinos worldwide — Three Kings Day or Dia de Los Reyes Magos. January 6 is the traditional day when most children in Latin [...]
Nashville Hispanic Chamber plays Santa to children turned away by local charities
LatinaLista — Headlines are always filled with bad news. In fact, conventional thinking in the news industry is the worse the headline, the bigger the attraction. Unfortunately, it works. Yet, there should always be a time where we can take a rest from the bad headlines and see that there does exist good in the [...]
Nashville authorities have a lot of explaining to do to immigrant mother
LatinaLista — My old friend, Tim Chavez, who died from leukemia in May, and blogged about immigration issues in Tennessee at Political Salsa, used to tell me that he had a lot of work to do in his adopted city of Nashville. Little did I realize what he meant. Back in September, the nation was [...]
Latino Youth survey bolsters proof that programs targeting young Latinos are needed — now
LatinaLista — The last two sentences in the opening paragraph that introduces the Pew Hispanic Center’s latest report Between Two Worlds: How Young Latinos Come of Age in America should have everyone sitting on the edge of their seats. Never before in this country’s history has a minority ethnic group made up so large a [...]
Spotlight: AVANCE teaches Latino parents how to make a better life for their children
LatinaLista — Today’s Spotlight on a non-profit serving the Latino community is Avance. Since 1973, AVANCE has helped parents prepare their children for school by focusing on what parents can do during the critical first three years of their child’s life. AVANCE primarily serves Hispanic families in low-income, at-risk communities. It has grown into over [...]
Rehab and addiction create a formidable monster for a young boy to overcome
Zach is a senior but he’s in rehab instead of high school. He doesn’t remember how he got there. Remembering sucks and being alive – well, what’s up with that? LatinaLista — Last Night I sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Sáenz is a story about Zach, a young man addicted to alcohol and [...]
A daughter’s search for the truth about her mother leads her to discover her true self
By Jo Ann Hernandez LatinaLista — What is a person to do when they find out all they believed for all of their life about their family, and especially their mother, is false? So lays the plot for Tell Me Something True by Leila Cobo. Gabriella Richards feels betrayed. Between her doting father in Hollywood [...]
Making tamales a family tradition that lives on and on
LatinaLista — One longstanding tradition among Mexican-American families at Christmastime is making tamales. Usually a day-long event, each member of the family, from the youngest to the oldest, is assigned a special job to help make the process go faster and more fun. Growing Up with Tamales, by Gwendolyn Zepeda is a bilingual tale published [...]
