If there is a person that personifies the rise of Latino discrimination in the country it’s former Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a.k.a. Trump supporter and buddy. Yet, a court just delivered a blow to Arpaio that even Trump can’t…
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Chilean university offers free online math courses with an eye on the future
Oct 7, 2015, 4:13 PM 0
LatinaLista —One rising indicator of a country's influence and wealth is how tech-savvy is its workforce. While there's a rush to teach everyone, from toddlers to seniors, how to code, there's no substituting for people who are trained as…
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Grooming Latin America’s children to be the computer coders of mañana
Oct 15, 2013, 2:59 PM 0
LatinaLista — There’s a movement in Latin America to groom the next generation of computer coders that combines creating art with basic programming, lead by — a turtle! It’s called TurtleArt (TortugArte). TurtleArt is a platform focused on teaching…
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Latina scientists needed to move scientific knowledge forward
Oct 8, 2013, 2:28 PM 0
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…
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…
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SwivetZone YouTube series promotes STEM for minorities, women
Aug 5, 2013, 4:23 PM 0
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”…
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Paraguay tackles math illiteracy among students starting with pre-schoolers
May 22, 2013, 3:44 PM 0
LatinaLista — The United States isn’t the only country making a big push to interest students in science and math courses. One South American country is making an extra effort to not only encourage their students to like math,…
By Sara Inés Calderón Más Wired Paloma is the Mexican student who scored first in math, and third in Spanish, in a national test in Mexico. Here’s one campaign to help her continue her studies. You may recall the…
