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Education, General, Guest Voz, Youth

Guest Voz: Former NCES commissioner finds nation’s black and Latino students worse off because of No Child Left Behind

Oct 16, 2009, 1:35 PM 2

By Mark Schneider (This blog post was originally published on October 14, 2009 at The Enterprise Blog of The Journal of the American Enterprise Institute) Mark Schneider Mark Schneider is the former commissioner of the National Center for Education…

General, Palabra Final

There’s a rise in new and dangerous tensions between Latinos and blacks

Aug 11, 2009, 12:51 PM 9

LatinaLista — The issue of tensions existing between blacks and Latinos, in this day and age, has always been quickly pooh-poohed. The consensual feeling is that both communities have reached the heights of education, political sophistication and cooperation that…

Children, Education, General, Palabra Final, Youth

Suburbs may be getting more diverse but same can’t be said about schools

Apr 2, 2009, 1:33 PM 0

LatinaLista — It’s no secret that Latinos can no longer be defined as only living in the “Little Mexico,” “Little Havana” or any other Hispanic-centric part of a city. Latinos have been moving to the suburbs for years now…

General, Palabra Final

Spotlight: Charlotte, North Carolina’s Blacks and Latinos coming together for Unity Summit

Mar 26, 2009, 4:50 PM 13

LatinaLista — During the 2008 presidential election, some people questioned if Latinos would vote for a black man. We know the answer to that one. President Obama delivers bilingual remarks during Univision’s Premio Lo Nuestro awards show. Once Obama…

Diversity, Media, Palabra Final

New Pew Research Reveals White Disconnect with Minority Issues

Nov 13, 2007, 7:41 PM 3

LatinaLista — A new NPR-Pew Research survey, Blacks See Widening Values Gap Between Poor and Middle Class, has a lot of interesting findings. Yet, the one that deserves further study is a section on how Whites, Blacks and Hispanics…

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