Education + Quotes Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

May 15, 2008

“It’s as if they had five kids, maybe 10 kids, die in their class because they’re not there anymore. That’s what it’s like…it’s like a natural disaster,” Walz said. – Postville principal still seeing impact of immigration raid

November 13, 2007

“Not once is any Latino mentioned by name,” said Julio Noboa, an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmonst College who has written a book on the subject. “Not Latino, not Hispanic, not Mexican, not Mexican-American or any other term referring to Hispanics.” regarding Texas TEKS that Texas students study in fourth and 11th grades

October 11, 2007

“We’re the fastest-growing minority in this country, but we are the poorest,” Mr. Limon, a General Motors engineer, said to a room full of Hispanic high school students. “Why? Because we have the poorest education. But you can be a success if you choose to be.”

September 30, 2007

QUOTE: “Why do less than half of Hispanic and African-American fourth graders have basic reading skills, as defined by the Nation’s Report Card? That’s 700,000 students who can barely read! And why do only half of minority students graduate from high school on time?” asked Spellings.

September 23, 2007

QUOTE: “There’s this notion that if you come from a Spanish background, you don’t need Spanish as a foreign language at school,” said Martinez. “Many Hispanic kids aren’t learning Spanish diction, language, grammar and verb conjugation.”

September 16, 2007

QUOTE: “Spanish, socially and politically, hasn’t had the respect as a language it deserves,” said Berta Ortega Plate, the Escuela Bilingüe’s pre-primary director. “It’s (because of) the political climate in the United States that people don’t really understand the gains. They take the perspective that Spanish-speaking immigrants aren’t going to contribute.”