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Latest AP report says academically ready Latino, African American and Native American students not offered exam
LatinaLista — The 8th Annual AP Report to the Nation was released today by the College Board and, as would be expected, it showed that more public high school students are opting to take the Advanced Placement (AP) test, and more are passing. Unfortunately, some are failing too. According to the report: 18.1 percent of
First-ever global peace telesummit targets connecting youth to causes
LatinaLista — Peace can mean many different things: the end of war and conflicts; the end of school bullying and gang fights; the end of political partisan name-calling; or the not-so-simple act of achieving that higher level known as “inner tranquility.” Yet, regardless of the definition, a lot of people are clueless about how they
White House kicks off jobs program for low-income youth
LatinaLista — When Congress failed to pass the American Jobs Act, they did more than block yet another proposal by President Obama — they took away the hope millions of teenagers have in finding a job to pay their own bills and help out with school expenses. In these hard economic times, there are families
Latino youth have higher rates of smoking than Hispanic adults
Published on 28 Dec, 2011 at 15:58 in Children, Culture, Health, Youth | Viewed 480 times | No Comments
LatinaLista — January 1 is more than just the first day of a new year. To a lot of people, it’s the start of either recycling old resolutions or making new ones. The two most popular resolutions have historically been losing weight and quitting smoking. In this day and age when smokers are treated like
New report finds 6 percent of Latinos reject calling themselves Hispanic, Latino or Spanish
Published on 27 Dec, 2011 at 16:29 in Culture, History, Language, Youth | Viewed 691 times | 1 Comment
LatinaLista — It’s an old story. Report after report always shows that Latino immigrants make themselves “sick” assimilating into U.S. society by adopting fastfood habits, workaholic lifestyles, etc. Now comes news that there are some Latino immigrants who are literally losing themselves in their quest to be all-American. Recent research by Amon Emeka and Jody
Youth an easy target for alcohol brands using social media
Published on 19 Dec, 2011 at 15:07 in Causes, Health, Life Issues, Youth | Viewed 459 times | No Comments
LatinaLista — During the holidays, there are three things most people will have in their homes: wrapped gifts, extra sweets, and alcohol. Just as it’s hard to keep young people from shaking a gift or two or digging into fudge or a stack of buñuelos, it’s hard to keep some young people from drinking, especially
First-generation Mexican-American student at UC Santa Barbara accepts White House award
Amigos8095.com SANTA BARBARA — A UC Santa Barbara student studying ocean ecology accepted the 2010 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring from President Obama on Monday, Dec. 12, on behalf of Ocean Discovery Institute. This is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government for efforts that advance those fields of
Educational report cites anti-immigrant hysteria among factors affecting Latino students’ success in school
LatinaLista — For the first time, a study on how well Latino students are doing in school takes into account the impact of anti-immigrant hysteria sweeping the country. The study, Today’s Promise, Tomorrow’s Future: The Social and Educational Factors Contributing to the Educational Outcomes of Hispanics in Urban Schools, published by the Council of the
Latinos outdo everyone else in using mobile technology
LatinaLista — Though the bad economy has hit Latinos especially hard, a new study shows just how flexible we are in adapting to what some people would consider “adverse” circumstances. The report Minorities More Active on Mobile Web published by eMarketer confirmed what other independent studies have been documenting all along — Latinos and blacks
Over 20,000 Latino children waiting to be adopted as National Adoption Month winds down
LatinaLista — November is National Adoption Month. As of Sept. 2010, according to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) report, there were 408,425 children in the foster care system. Latino children comprised over 84,000 who were in the foster care system in 2010; a little over 11,000 were adopted. It’s reported
