http://www.hispanictips.com Hispanic & Latino News Redefined - Empowering & Engaging Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:09:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/10/20/go-back-to-mexico-tea-party-members-tell-u-s-rep-ruben-hinojosa-and-u-s-rep-silvestre-reyes/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/10/20/go-back-to-mexico-tea-party-members-tell-u-s-rep-ruben-hinojosa-and-u-s-rep-silvestre-reyes/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:01:34 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=105670 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/10/20/go-back-to-mexico-tea-party-members-tell-u-s-rep-ruben-hinojosa-and-u-s-rep-silvestre-reyes/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/12/03/congressional-hispanic-caucus-wants-reps-john-salazar-d-colo-for-secretary-of-agriculture-ruben-hinojosa-d-texas-for-secretary-of-education-raul-grijalva-d-ariz-for-secretary-of-interior-h/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/12/03/congressional-hispanic-caucus-wants-reps-john-salazar-d-colo-for-secretary-of-agriculture-ruben-hinojosa-d-texas-for-secretary-of-education-raul-grijalva-d-ariz-for-secretary-of-interior-h/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:57:25 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=47392 HispanicTips is Essential Hispanic & Latino News & Information
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According to Jose Antonio Tijerino, HHF president and CEO, the Inspira Award was created to honor Latino leaders who inspire youth in the public and private sector, and in the media. Last year’s Inspira Awardee was Actor Wilmer Valderrama. Rep. Hinojosa and Tillerson were honored on Capitol Hill during the 11th Annual Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards in Washington, D.C., which also recognized more than 20 outstanding students from the region. Washington, DC was the last of the 12 Regional Youth Awards ceremonies which have taken place and recognized more than 200 Hispanic high school seniors across America and provided more than $600,000 in educational grants.

“The Inspira Award recognizes those who have taken a leadership role in breaking barriers and creating opportunities for Hispanic youth,” said Tijerino. “We commend Rex Tillerson for his vision in encouraging and facilitating young Latinos to focus on science, technology, math and engineering through our Youth Awards and countless other efforts including the National Math and Science Initiative. We also applaud the lifetime of commitment of Rep. Hinojosa who is our champion from barrios to Capitol Hill on the issue of increasing educational opportunities for Latinos. They are truly an inspiration.”

Rep. Hinojosa has played an instrumental role in helping to improve educational and workforce-improvement programs for minorities and low-income families. In addition to the many education initiatives he has supported, Rep. Hinojosa founded a year-round program called HESTEC in 2002. Held at the University of Texas-Pan American, HESTEC emphasizes the importance of science literacy for Hispanics to educators, students and parents.

Rep. Hinojosa serves as chairman of the Education Task Force for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and has had tremendous success in vaulting Hispanic-Serving Institutions to a position of prominence. In 2007, Hinojosa helped pass the College Cost Reduction Act which will allow students to pursue higher educational goals by making college more affordable.

“I am extremely honored to be selected for this prestigious award,” said Rep. Hinojosa. “Education is the cornerstone of opportunity. It paves the way to improve technology, spreads new knowledge, advances innovation and ultimately shapes our future. It is vital that Hispanic-serving organizations, educational institutions and corporations help America stay competitive by advancing our educational system and capitalize upon the abundance of young and talented Hispanic minds.”

Tillerson and ExxonMobil have a long history of support for programs that improve opportunities for minorities and women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. These programs recognize the urgent need to encourage more Hispanic students and professionals to attain higher educational achievements and support initiatives that deliver high-quality educational programs, which prepare Hispanics for leadership in the workforce and in the classroom.

“To be recognized by the Hispanic Heritage Foundation is a great honor,” said Tillerson. “In today’s challenging fields such as technology and energy, our nation needs more brilliant minds than ever before, that’s why we support programs like the Hispanic Heritage Foundation’s Youth Awards’ Engineering and Mathematics category, which emphasize the importance of role models, including those who have succeeded in the math and science fields, while celebrating the unique Latino culture that brings added strength and dimension to our nation’s workforce.”" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/11/hispanic-heritage-foundation-presents-inspira-award-to-texas-rep-hinojosa-exxonmobil-ceo-tillerson/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/05/campaign-high-school-equity-congress-english-language-learners-being-left-behind/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/05/campaign-high-school-equity-congress-english-language-learners-being-left-behind/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:00:00 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/05/campaign-high-school-equity-congress-english-language-learners-being-left-behind/ "The Campaign for High School Equity, the only coalition of leading civil rights groups to focus on high school education reform, held a briefing for policymakers yesterday to address changes to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) that would ensure stronger provisions for the more than five million English language learner (ELL) students enrolled in America's public school system.

While ELL students represent the fastest growing segment of students, they are among the country's lowest performing. For instance, in 2007, only 4 percent of eighth-grade ELL students scored at or above a "proficient" level on the reading portion of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, compared to 31 percent of non-ELL students. In addition, only 49 percent of ELL students graduate from high school on time, with a regular diploma.
"While we work on reauthorizing NCLB, we must keep in mind the civil rights of all students," said Victor Goode, assistant general counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). "Currently, NCLB doesn't require states to assess ELL students in their native language."

Phitsamay Uy, board chair for the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, joined Goode and coalition members Peter Zamora, regional general counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Brent Wilkes, executive director of the League of United Latin American Citizens, at the briefing. Uy stressed that the needs of many Southeast Asian students, especially those who are English language learners, are overlooked as a result of the model minority myth that stereotypes all Asian Americans as doing well academically.

"Many of these children are trying to learn a new language at the same time as learning a new subject. Their success needs to be defined by academic achievement, not English-language proficiency alone," said Uy. She noted that, after Spanish, Vietnamese and Hmong are the two most common primary languages of ELL students.

Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) and Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) made remarks at the briefing, showing their support for the Campaign's recommendations to safeguard the civil rights of those students whose proficiency in spoken and/or written English is not yet strong enough to permit them to succeed in an English-language classroom setting without extra support.

The Campaign called on Congress to incorporate the following priorities into NCLB reform:

-- Require the public reporting of data broken down by students' racial and ethnic backgrounds in order to highlight subgroups of students;

-- Hold high schools accountable for increasing graduation rates for all student subgroups and consider graduation rates on an equal footing with high-quality assessments aligned to college and work readiness in determining high school quality;

-- Provide high-quality assessments and instruction that help to improve student reading and math skills without sacrificing their access to high-level academic subjects;

-- Give students excellent teachers, and provide parents with adequate supports so they can play a more confident and informed role in their children's education; and

-- Ensure that federal policy provides sufficient resources to serve all students, particularly ELLs.

For more of the Campaign's recommendations on strengthening NCLB to better serve students of color, visit their Web site at http://www.highschoolequity.org.

The Campaign for High School Equity is a diverse coalition of national civil rights organizations representing communities of color that believe high schools should have the capacity and motivation to prepare every student for graduation, college, work, and life. The Campaign was formed to address the unequal public education system that fails to provide high-quality education to students of color and youth from low-income neighborhoods. Members of the Campaign include the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, the League of United Latin American Citizens, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund, the National Council of La Raza, the National Indian Education Association, the National Urban League, and the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center. The Alliance for Excellent Education serves as the Campaign's convener and coordinator." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/05/campaign-high-school-equity-congress-english-language-learners-being-left-behind/feed/ 0