Education + Texas Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 19, 2009
Hispanic leaders in Texas on Wednesday assailed a draft social studies curriculum under consideration by the State Board of Education, saying it woefully ignores the role that Hispanics have played in shaping state and national history.
A legislator from El Paso has criticized proposed history and social studies standards for public schools as being unfair to Hispanics. – Rep. Norma Chavez raised the issue Wednesday in Austin before the State Board of Education.
November 16, 2009
Hispanic Graduate Students Benefit from Online Education Grant – University of St. Thomas in Houston strives to improve retention and graduation rates for Hispanic graduate students. UST received a $2.8 million education grant to offer two options
November 12, 2009
Dallas-Fort Worth programs helping Hispanic mothers find teaching moments
November 6, 2009
LULAC leader says new Arlington school should be named for Cesar Chavez
October 27, 2009
Judge Who Ordered Texas to Educate Undocumented Students Dies – U.S. Senior District Judge William Wayne Justice
September 28, 2009
ACLU investigating whether Hispanic students were singled out for poor test scores – Texas
August 16, 2009
School books in Texas may get browner – Dolores Huerta, Dr. Hector P. Garcia, Sandra Cisneros, Henry B. Gonzalez and Irma Rangel to the list of important Hispanic figures Texas schoolchildren might be discussing in the future – 49% of K-8 already Hispanic
July 31, 2009
Hispanic enrollment at colleges and universities in Texas would need to almost double by 2015 to meet the state’s higher education goals – Poverty, lack of health insurance, other social ills complicate the challenge.
July 20, 2009
No go for local bilingual charter school in Austin – Supporters say approval process is tough, haven’t given up on the program
July 9, 2009
First Choice Power Donates $50,000 to Texas LULAC; Sponsorship Benefits Hispanic Education, Leadership Programs
June 29, 2009
About 5,500 churches affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas are being invited to partner with the denomination to offer online GED programs for free
June 5, 2009
Siblings graduate as valedictorian, salutatorian at Irving’s MacArthur High – Karen and Brian Cárdenas endured language barriers and financial hardships after emigrating from Colombia to be with their father.
March 18, 2009
Casi el 20 por ciento de todos los estudiantes inscritos en escuelas de El Paso se encuentra en proceso de aprender inglés, de acuerdo a los informes del Departamento de Educación de EU.
January 28, 2009
Notre Dame teacher incorporates Zumba classes into PE program – Elementary School in Texas
December 20, 2008
COURT DENIES TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY’S EFFORTS TO STALL STUDENTS’ RIGHTS TO EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice has ordered Texas to take immediate steps to improve bilingual education programs — even as state officials fight to postpone what they call costly measures.
December 15, 2008
Veteran Educator Wins Baby Abuelita National Song Contest – Maria de la Luz Huizar
October 23, 2008
Dallas schools superintendent Michael Hinojosa said Wednesday that bilingual teachers were largely protected from recent layoffs because of the district’s student population.
The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute is looking to branch out past its current home of Washington, D.C., and the organization has set its sight on San Antonio as being one of the first places to look for student leaders.
After 29 years of service, retired Texas State Trooper Minerva Peña is seeking election to Place 6 on the Brownsville Independent School District Board of Trustees.
October 15, 2008
One of the nation’s poorest school districts, already tousled by a hurricane and nervously awaiting division by a fence being built along the U.S.-Mexican border, won a coveted $1 million prize Tuesday for making academic advances. – The Brownsville Independent School District serves nearly 50,000 students — 98 percent Hispanic and 43 percent learning English.
September 10, 2008
John Cornyn chides Rick Noriega on school aid for illegal immigrants’ children – Texas politics
September 9, 2008
School district offers Spanish immersion up to 7th grade – Bedford Heights Elementary – Dallas area
August 11, 2008
Do Hispanics have a voice in North Forest? They are 30% of district’s students but aren’t part of board, administration – Houston
July 29, 2008
Texas will probably appeal a court ruling mandating a new language program for an estimated 140,000 junior high and high school students who don’t have command of the English language, state officials said Monday.
July 27, 2008
JUDGE ORDERS TEXAS TO REVAMP ITS BILINGUAL PROGRAMS – with additional documentation
July 26, 2008
A federal judge on Friday gave the state of Texas until the end of January to come up with a plan to improve education programs for secondary school students with limited proficiency in English, criticizing the state education agency for “failing to ensure equal education opportunities in all schools.”
July 13, 2008
Thousands Of Students In Texas Classified “Limited English Learners”
July 9, 2008
LISD bilingual director takes Jacksonville job – Rita Rosales – Texas
June 25, 2008
Hispanics lead dropout rates in Beaumont, Texas
June 9, 2008
Education a challenge in small Mexican community with strong ties to Dallas
Immigrant Students: New arrivals face a hard road to finish high school | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas
Immigrant Students – A year in the lifes immigrants – Dallas Morning News
Varying data leave incomplete picture of immigrants’ progress – Dallas schools
June 3, 2008
Federal suit says Irving ISD elections deny representation to Hispanics
June 2, 2008
Bilingual bee: Spelling is so fun they do it twice – asked to spell words in Spanish, including the accent marks. They then had to translate the word and spell it in English. – Houston
Hispanic Futures Conference ends for the year – Austin
May 21, 2008
Spanish language newspaper benefits Texoma’s classroom – Texas
May 20, 2008
District honors top Hispanic students – 300 honored in Austin, Texas
April 21, 2008
The need for bilingual teachers in East Texas
April 10, 2008
Assault Over Immigration Poster Refuted – + video link – (this Texas middle school incident was picked up by many bloggers and other sites but I held back for some reason – now I am glad I did)
April 7, 2008
Schools reach out to Spanish-speaking parents – Galveston, Texas
March 28, 2008
Hispanics to get say on English standards – Texas
March 24, 2008
Latinos vie for school board, council seats in Irving – Texas
March 20, 2008
State board says no time for Hispanic input on new curriculum – Texas
Did You Know? Hispanic children make up 47% of the 4.7 million students in Texas public classrooms.
March 17, 2008
The House Mexican American Legislative Caucus is insisting the State Board of Education include Hispanics in the writing of a new English language arts and reading curriculum for Texas.
March 9, 2008
Immigration crackdowns in Irving, Farmers Branch followed rise in Latino students – Texas
February 13, 2008
LULAC pushes naming elementary school for Cesar E. Chavez – Beaumont, Texas
February 6, 2008
Mandatory Spanish classes anger Grapevine family – Texas
February 4, 2008
‘Mariachi music is right up there’
January 15, 2008
Irving ISD foresees drop in enrollment – (can you guess why?)
January 14, 2008
Making mariachi music now certified academic pursuit – Texas
January 3, 2008
Photos used to expel Mexicans from U.S. schools
December 5, 2007
DFW International putting out new Guia Para Educacion de Nuestros Hijos
November 28, 2007
What’s the Spanish for ‘That was the wrong ad’? – Fort Worth
November 14, 2007
Hispanic CREO’s Daily Grito: Wednesday Interview: Carlos Villagrana of Amigos Por Vida
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
Hispanics absent from history lessons – Texas (if true in Texas imagine the rest of the country)
October 26, 2007
Young Hispanics argue their way to U.S. competition – National Hispanic Institute’s debate and speech tournament
October 4, 2007
Deportation fears reaching schools – Irving parents withdrawing kids, may keep them out – Texas
September 15, 2007
Forget Spanglish ”” español, please – Rio Grande Valley, Texas
July 31, 2007
Judge: Texas bilingual programs comply with law
June 5, 2007
Did You Know? In 2006 only half of Hispanic 10th graders in Texas knew basic math skills, compared with nearly 75 percent of white students
May 16, 2007
Austin schools overlook 2,000 English language learners
April 22, 2007
The Austin Independent School District holds conference targeting Hispanic male students
April 10, 2007
The Fort Worth school district is planning to start a new dual-language teaching format that will allow elementary school students to become fluent in Spanish and English.
April 8, 2007
Immigrant students use writing to open a window into their world – Houston
April 2, 2007
Immigration, education big concerns for Hispanic festival celebrants – Waco, Texas
March 30, 2007
Bilingual education tool faces hurdles locally – San Antonio
March 25, 2007
Spanish GED prep not available – Wichita Falls, Texas
March 18, 2007
Educators split on bilingual classes – Irving dilemma: English immersion or both languages at once? – Texas
February 12, 2007
Hola, students: Waco ISD looking below border for latest teaching recruits
Increasing pre-K funding could help Latinos – Texas
February 7, 2007
Honduras teachers forge new friendships in Los Fresnos – Texas
February 5, 2007
Award winner touts bilingual education – Annette Elias Torres – Texas
January 31, 2007
Toyota donates literacy grant to South Side school district – San Antonio
January 30, 2007
Drop-Out Rate a Crisis for Texas
January 29, 2007
Local Hispanic students getting boost of confidence with advanced placement tests – Waco, Texas
January 19, 2007
Rudy Montoya to return – Austin
January 12, 2007
McAllen’s first Hispanic superintendent dies – Texas – Pablo Perez
January 11, 2007
Hinojosa: Hits and misses – Dallas school Superintendent
December 28, 2006
Hispanic Pastors Gather to Support School Choice – Texas
December 15, 2006
Commencement Close-Up: Rosendo Parra III earns degree, laptop – University of Texas at San Antonio
December 12, 2006
Did You Know? Only one in four of University of Texas’ top 10 percent freshmen is African American or Hispanic.
St. Marys among countrys best law programs for Hispanic students – San Antonio, Texas
December 11, 2006
University of Houston professor, Tatcho Mindiola, sees growth in Latino studies
