Time and time again, throughout this pandemic, we’ve heard how people of color have been disproportionately hit by COVID-19. Now, more evidence surfaces that our health isn’t the only thing coronavirus is ravaging; Experts say to brace ourselves for…
By Eric Moreno SaludToday California is implementing new standards for teaching science to spark Latinos and African American grade-school students’ interest and boost test scores, EdSourcereports. The new standards have more hands-on science projects, updated scientific and technological research,…
By Amanda Merck SaludAmerica! The science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce is no more diverse than it was 20 years ago. In fact, less than 2% of the STEM workforce is Latino youth, although they make up about…
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat Aiming to solve a diversity problem in Silicon Valley, the Hispanic Heritage Foundation is training the next generation of Latino coders — and teaching them to teach others. “The thought that the tech industry…
By Agnes Rivera Peru This Week Nestled in the mountains of the Ancash region is the town Huari, a small village that acts as the seat of the Huari province. Not too long ago, Huari was crowned “Peru’s…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Ancestors or Enemies? Using Strontium Isotopes to Identify Trophy Skulls from Peru Trophy skulls of beheaded individuals are not uncommon at cemeteries dating to the turbulent Wari era in the Andes. In Arequipa, Peru, it…
LatinaLista — It is predicted that by 2020 Chile will be home to 70 percent of the world’s astronomical observatories. The main reason astronomers are flocking to the South American country is the unique sky conditions found in that…
LatinaLista — It’s said that domestic violence is more common than diabetes. And if social media is any indication, in the aftermath of the NFL fiasco handling of those players caught in acts of violence, domestic violence is at…
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat In 2004, a group of four undocumented immigrant Latino high school students accomplished an astonishing achievement. Competing on a robotics team formed at Carl Hayden High School in Phoenix, the four young…
LatinaLista — March, otherwise known as Women’s History Month, is celebrated by remembering how far women have come and where we’ve arrived today. Yet, not enough attention is paid to where we hope our daughters will be tomorrow. For…
LatinaLista — With a not-so-far-off future looming with dire threats — water shortage, superstorms, food scarcity, stronger earthquakes, rise of ocean levels, species extinctions, etc. — humanity is left to wonder who will save us all. Well,it’s a pretty…
By Nicole Hernández Hammer LatinaLista Last week I was at a meeting of community organizers to discuss engagement of Miami’s Hispanic communities on climate change. At the end of the meeting one of the attendees came up to me…
LatinaLista — This past May, a team from GOOGLE Maps traveled to the Galápagos Islands for a 10-day expedition on one of their most ambitious projects — “to capture 360-degree images of the unique wildlife and geological features of…
By Frank X. Moraga Amigos805 Building multidimensional shapes out of plastic tubing and using Mentos and soda to propel race cars. While at first glance the exercises seem like children’s play, for high school students at CSU Channel Islands…
By Elaine Rita Mendus Más Wired Pink Castle Pictures and the International Center for Professional Development (ICPD) have come together to produce a new web series aimed at getting teenagers interested in and engaged in the STEM fields. “SwivetZone”…
By Laura Pereyra NerdScholar Background: Where STEM diversity is now Today only 18.3% and 12.1% of STEM students who get computer science and engineering degrees are from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds, respectively. Given that our country’s demographics are rapidly…
LatinaLista — Jason Sosa describes himself as a ‘Buccaneer Scholar.” He defines it as “anyone whose love of learning is not muzzled or shackled by any institution or authority; whose mind is driven to wander and find its own…
LatinaLista — Getting more kids interested in science and math or curious about the world around them is not solely a problem of the U.S. Practically every major country in the world is facing the same dilemma of not having…
LatinaLista — As the national economy begins to transform itself to better handle its future role in a global economy, more emphasis and attention are being directed at encouraging students to major in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM)…
By Alain Castillo LatinaLista Samantha Marie Marquez was only 4-years-old when she noticed bugs walking on the water on a pond. Those bugs triggered in Samantha a life-long curiosity of nature that sparked a journey from inquisitive child to…
LatinaLista — Not everybody learns at the same rate. Depending on a number of issues — a student’s interest, comprehension, access to supplemental resources — some students just learn faster than others. Two Colombian university friends and engineering majors,…
By Sara Inés Calderón Más Wired Jean Rockford Aguilar-Valdez is a doctoral student studying equity in science education and a former science teacher. She’s been doing research at a high school in North Carolina with a 15% Latino population,…
By Alain Castillo LatinaLista Joseph Ruiz sees the world as a big ball of mystery that still needs to be explored. Once he discovers its secrets, he wants to lead and be its hero. “There are so many things…
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat The achievement gap between Latino and white eighth-graders in science is narrowing, according to National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data released on Thursday. Between 2009 and 2011, average science scores among…
