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October 17, 2009

The Howard County School System and an advocacy group that focuses on Hispanic student achievement plan to renew a partnership Friday with the hopes of lowering dropout rates and encouraging academic success. – Maryland

New study shows most Latino students drop out of high school for economic need

October 12, 2009

In New Mexico, a majority Hispanic state, a 54% high school dropout rate translated to 13,800 young people in 2008. – Meeting addresses Hispanic education ‘crisis’

October 9, 2009

Scholarship Program Aims To Keep Hispanic Students In School in Kansas City – (video) – About 50% of Hispanic students in the school district will drop out

September 2, 2009

Guest Voz: One Latina high school dropout declares, “I am one of the Lucky Ones.”

August 31, 2009

MTV TR3S TAKES AN IN DEPTH LOOK INSIDE THE HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT CRISIS WITH THE PREMIERE OF YEARBOOK CHRONICLES ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 AT 2PM EST

August 18, 2009

Fundacion Azteca America Launches Multimedia Education Campaign ‘Educacion: Es Tu Futuro!’

June 24, 2009

Wal-Mart Foundation Provides $1.65 Million for ASPIRA to Address U.S. Latino Dropout Rate

October 2, 2008

State Farm® boosts commitment to solving Latino dropout rate

August 12, 2008

Overall, 43% of Hispanic students in 2007 graduated in four years, compared to 41% in 2006 and 37.4% in 2005, an increase of 5.6 points. – New York City (while an increase is encouraging the percentage is still under 50%!!!)

July 23, 2008

Mexican American Scientist Named National Hispanic Scientist of the Year – Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff

July 17, 2008

24% of California high school students drop out – 30.3% of Hispanics!!!

July 13, 2008

LULAC Receives $1 Million Grant From AT&T

June 25, 2008

Hispanics lead dropout rates in Beaumont, Texas

June 10, 2008

Puerto Rican festival canceled – Springfield, Massachusetts

June 5, 2008

Closing the Culture Gap Can Help Latino Students Learn, Professor Says

June 4, 2008

Did You Know? Only 53.6 percent of Latino seniors – Utah’s largest minority group – graduated in 2005. That’s lower than the national average of 57.8 percent and about 8 percentage points lower than the graduation rate for Utah’s Latino seniors the year before.

May 21, 2008

Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff, has been named MOSI’s 2008 National Hispanic Scientist of the Year. – Museum of Science and Industry

April 13, 2008

Latino issues go beyond immigration, report says – Education tops agenda, with health care, housing also priorities

April 10, 2008

Oregon’s Dropout Rate Continues to Climb – (except for Hispanics YET the graduation rate is only 63.7%)

March 20, 2008

Lexicon Marketing :: Profesiones sin Barreras(TM) Is a New Bilingual Vocational School From Lexicon(R) Marketing Group That Will Increase the Job Skills of the Hispanic Workforce

March 10, 2008

Activists take over L.A. streets celebrating 1968 ‘blowouts’ – Thousands re-enact the East Los Angeles high school boycotts by marching from Lincoln H.S. to Hazard Park. – Los Angeles

February 28, 2008

Strike Deals Blow to Puerto Rico Schools

February 25, 2008

Speak only English on the school bus? – Nevada

February 5, 2008

Spanish Town to Pay Kids to Read

November 13, 2007

Teens Rewarded For Innovative Social Ventures to Help Latinos Stay in School

November 1, 2007

Business leaders say Latinos need vouchers – Utah

October 23, 2007

Obama Concerned Over Latino Dropout Rate

Rev. Luis Cortes, Jr. Announces .003% Drop-Out Rate – Philadelphia

October 4, 2007

Hillary’s Hispanic Agenda: Una Vida Mejor Para Todos

Clinton aims to cut Hispanic dropout rate by 50 percent

September 16, 2007

Burns film’s just 1 example of bad times for Latinos

August 23, 2007

SRC needs a Latino member – Philadelphia

August 9, 2007

Education is top issue in Latino poll on ‘08 – Maria Elena Salinas

July 23, 2007

New Poll: Latino Voters Will Be Most Impacted by Presidential Candidates Positions on Education

July 10, 2007

MOSI HONORS DEAN OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AS 2007 NATIONAL HISPANIC SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR

March 27, 2007

Hispanic CREO Reports U.S. Chamber of Commerce State-by-State Education Report Card a Wake-up Call for Education Reform

February 12, 2007

Companies Feted for Encouraging Hispanic Women at Work

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

December 28, 2006

Hispanic Pastors Gather to Support School Choice – Texas

November 1, 2006

For Hispanic Parents, Lessons on Helping With the Homework

October 23, 2006

Junior Achievement of New York Receives $25,000 Boost from Verizon for Educational Initiative to Encourage Hispanic Youths to Stay in School

September 13, 2006

Latinos and mental health needs

September 5, 2006

Experts see education crisis looming as Latino population surges in Texas

August 27, 2006

U.S. treasurer urges Latinos to aid those seeking college

August 15, 2006

Bridges Transitions’ Spanish-Language Choices Planner Aspire Hispanic Students for Career Success

August 5, 2006

Educators urged to get Latino families involved in school in Aurora, Illinois

July 16, 2006

Hispanic leaders plead for solutions to high dropout rate in Collier, Florida

June 4, 2006

Educators look at needs of Hispanic students in New York

May 30, 2006

Program offers Texas students Mexican courses

May 17, 2006

Hispanic Drop Out Rate Concerns Chicago Schools in Illinois

April 20, 2006

Brownwood native to come home to tout education at college, job fair Saturday in Abilene, Texas

March 16, 2006

Groups battle truancy, dropout rates among Hispanics in Columbia, South Carolina

March 9, 2006

Hispanic Group Alarmed By Drop-Out Statistics in Chicago, Illinois

February 23, 2006

More than seven percent of Hispanic high school students in Prince George’s County public schools dropped out in 2004-05, logging the highest dropout rate for any ethnic group and nearly doubling the dropout rate for the previous year. Maryland

January 31, 2006

Latina Lista: Would A Change in Child Labor Laws Reduce the High School Dropout Rate?

December 1, 2005

While most immigrant teenagers stay in school, dropout rate for Mexicans is 28 percent

November 15, 2005

The University of Texas and the University of Georgia target Latino numbers

October 26, 2005

Mexicans Grapple With Unique Problems As Immigrant Group, Consul General Says

October 2, 2005

Albor Ruiz: CUNY’s boost for Mexicans

July 17, 2005

Lost in translation: Hispanic students caught in the system