By Jill Rosen Futurity Low-income black students who have at least one black teacher in elementary school are significantly more likely to graduate from high school and consider college, research shows. Further, having at least one black teacher…
By Carmen Monico The Conversation On March 8, 40 girls were killed in a fire at a home for abused youth in Guatemala. More than 800 children and adolescents were living in the home. In Guatemala, youth are at high risk of…
Marisa Treviño LatinaLista The aggressively broad enforcement of Trump’s immigration policy has some Democrats worried so much that they’re imploring the White House to remind schools they must educate undocumented children. However, it may be more for Trump’s benefit…
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat The level of trust that middle school students of color have for their teachers could have long-term impacts on whether or not they enroll in college, according to a new studypublished in the journal…
By Cliff Despres SaludToday Of the 106 players on the Atlanta and New England NFL rosters in this weekend’s Super Bowl, only one appears to have Latino heritage—Patriots’ long snapper Joe Cardona. Only 26 of 1,696 NFL players were Latino…
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat A Q&A With Outgoing Executive Director Alejandra Ceja Alejandra Ceja has been the executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics since 2013 — a position she’ll give up at…
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat News stories often state that black and Latino males have lower test scores and graduation rates than their white and Asian peers, that they’re more likely to be disciplined in school and be incarcerated. UCLA professor Tyrone Howarddecided…
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat Children of undocumented immigrants represent a growing share of U.S. students in kindergarten through 12th grade, a Pew Research Center analysis of American Community Survey data shows. More than 7 percent of students in 2014 had at…
By Lance Wallace Futurity Since social scientists and economists began measuring poverty, its definition has never strayed far from a discussion of income. Now, new research shows there are multiple components of poverty that more accurately describe a household’s…
By Dr. Amelie Ramirez SaludToday Does your supermarket prominently feature unhealthy foods? Last year, a report found that lower-calorie beverages and foods―including fruits and vegetables―drove the bulk of sales growth for supermarket chains between 2009 and 2013. The public can sign a…
By Rachel Harrison Futurity Teachers communicate with parents based on their racial and immigrant backgrounds—not just their child’s academic performance—research finds. “The patterns of communication we saw are consistent with stereotypes that teachers may subscribe to different racial and…
By Philip E. Wolgin Center for American Progress To date, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, has allowed more than 741,000 young people a reprieve from deportation and a renewable work permit. Studies haveshown that having DACA brings…
By Cliff Despres SaludToday The United States is home to 24 million workers of Hispanic descent. These workers, often referred to as a single entity, come from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, each with their own unique labor…
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat A high-achieving Latina student at Suffolk University in Boston says a professor accused her of plagiarism in front of the class after she used the word “hence” in a literature review. Tiffany Martinez shared…
By Maggie Hammond After years spent struggling to adapt and update the arcane infrastructure relied upon by medical providers, the healthcare sector has started to explode with dozens of promising new startups and hundreds of millions of dollars…
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat Black and Latino teachers may be minorities in the U.S. educator workforce, but a new study finds they also may be the most effective — at least according to their students. In a survey of middle schoolers…
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat The school districts in Texas’ eight largest cities all have Latino superintendents at the helm, as do half of the top 20, Dallas-based KERA News reported Tuesday. The story comes after the recent hire of…
By Brandon Martin LatinaLista Hispanic Heritage Month Profile For as long as they have walked the Earth, people have dreamt of taking to the skies and gazing upon all the wonders that the world has to offer. In…
By Bill Clark There are lots of ways we can promote a better future for young Latino people in the USA, and having more strong men and women of Hispanic origin in places of leadership who can serve as…
By Katy Farber Moms Clean Air Force It can be a confusing time to be a kid. People on the TV, internet, and radio say conflicting things — about climate change — with seriousness and determination. How hard to…
By Clifton B. Parker Futurity On the first day of kindergarten, many low-income children are already playing catch-up. Yet, despite widening economic inequality in the US, many of those kids are not as far behind as low-income kids once were, a new study finds….
By Fermin Leal Latino Ed Beat/ EdSource More than six decades since the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision declared that segregated schools are “inherently unequal,” Latino students from low-income backgrounds are becoming increasingly isolated in public schools across the country….
By Dr. Edward Rincón LatinaLista Editor’s Note: In 2014, the University of North Texas established the UNT Dallas College of Law. Unlike the majority of the nation’s law schools, the UNT Dallas College of Law has made it its…
By Leo M. Lambert & Peter Felten The Conversation Over the next several weeks 18.4 million students will be headed to colleges and universities in the United States. They, their families and taxpayers are making a monumental investment in the futures…
By Leslie Puente-Ervin LatinaLista If you want to send your child to a private school, that’s your prerogative. You pay for that right. Charter schools? They may appear private, but they’re really public. While many receive private funding, the…
