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September 2, 2009
Jóvenes hispanos enseñan a menores de escuelas menos privilegiadas
August 22, 2009
Only 20% of nation’s teacher training institutions address ELL needs because, they say, there is no requirement to do so. There are over 5 million English Language Learners in our public schools, a group that has grown by 60% in the past few years.
July 31, 2009
When it comes to bilingual education, many people feel it is all one and the same. That is, as long as there are students, a teacher and two languages in the same classroom, then it must be a bilingual program, right? Wrong.
June 23, 2009
Raza Studies helps teacher understand kids – Tucson Unified School District
May 7, 2009
Teacher’s Day in Puerto Rico is no longer a paid holiday for teachers. The Department of Education says some 43,000 teachers will work all commemorative days for the next two years, including the day that honors their profession.
March 15, 2009
Lowering bar on Florida’s teachers’ ESOL is a bad idea – A quarter-million Florida kids are learning English for the first time. In South Florida, it’s about one in seven children. Under state rules, they’re expected to master the language in two years and pass the FCAT.
January 28, 2009
Notre Dame teacher incorporates Zumba classes into PE program – Elementary School in Texas
December 28, 2008
ESOL advocates fighting loss of teacher training – Florida
December 2, 2008
A battle over language: How to prepare, or not, for bilingual students? – Should a reading teacher who works with students learning English as a second language have special training?
November 18, 2008
Mexican schoolteachers victims of extortion racket – Gangs threatening teachers to hand over Christmas bonuses or see harm done to their families or students
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.
October 2, 2008
ABCTE Partners With Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to Recruit More Teachers of Color for High-Need Florida Schools
September 12, 2008
Puerto Rico Film Screening-Benefit For FMPR Puerto Rican Teachers
August 17, 2008
A teacher visiting from Mexico, who was arrested and jailed after a traffic accident last year, is suing the Southeast King County town of Pacific, saying actions by police officers there demonstrate a pattern of unreasonably detaining people to determine their immigration status. – Washington
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 15, 2008
Program at Gainesville State offers English language learners high school credit – Georgia
July 10, 2008
Leading Hispanic Educator Voted National Education Association (NEA) Vice President – Lily Eskelsen
July 9, 2008
Hispanic Heritage Foundation and Staples Foundation for Learning Announce Continued Collaboration and Recognition of Teachers
June 17, 2008
UCLA recognizes an early backer who had been largely forgotten – Reginaldo del Valle’s political work played a crucial role in founding the institution that became the university, but few know of him. Research and Latino activists are putting him back in the story.
Snippet: “Pre-Hispanic Cooking/Cocina Prehispanica,” by Ana M. de Benitez (Bibliotech Interamericana Bilingue, $35.95). This tiny paperback, half in English, half in Spanish, is packed with intriguing nuggets of information drawn from Mexico’s traditions, the writings of Spanish missionary Fray Bernardino de Sahagun and Benitez’s years as a cooking teacher.
With no established politician expected to challenge him, Carlos Alvarez is likely to win a second term as Miami-Dade mayor.
June 11, 2008
Nationwide Teachers Strike Keeps Chile Teachers Protesting
June 9, 2008
Patricia Phelps De Cisneros, Carlos Fuentes, and Peter Munk Honored at Americas Society 28th Annual Spring Party
U.S.-born children feel effects of immigration raids – Federal agents say they try to act humanely when a parent is arrested, but advocates charge that youngsters are often traumatized and are sometimes left without supervision.
Education a challenge in small Mexican community with strong ties to Dallas
Immigrant Students – A year in the lifes immigrants – Dallas Morning News
Bishop Cantú’s teachers remember their former pupil
June 5, 2008
Teacher who helped startcharter school honored – Juan Necochea
June 4, 2008
Union of the Snake, en Español – Mexico’s Teachers’ Union
June 2, 2008
5,000 Hispanic Engineers, Students to Hit Phoenix for Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Conference, Nov. 12-16, 2008
Espejos: Reflecting the Latino community – Minneapolis – St. Paul
For English Language Learners Everything Is an Uphill Battle
May 28, 2008
Ad school offers internships to students with Latino market interest – Hispanic MPR
SEIU Union Office Attacked 5/23 – in Santa Cruz, California possibly stemming from effort to take over Puerto Rican teachers’ Union
SEIU Urged: End Attacks Against Puerto Rico Teachers
LATINO JOURNAL ENDORSES KEVIN JOHNSON FOR MAYOR – Sacramento
May 27, 2008
Music, Flavor and Nostalgia Debut Together in ‘100 Years of Mexican Music’
Key ‘68 activist to speak at local Chicano forum – Sal Castro
Bilingual programs struggle for staff – Boulder, Colorado
Accused of ‘acting white’ – (two Latino highschoolers in Sedalia, Missouri)
LISTA 2nd Annual Humanitarian Mission and Hispanic Workforce Summit May 28th -June 1st 2008
May 21, 2008
Raza studies gives rise to racial hostility – Teacher claims: “curriculum that engendered racial hostility, irresponsibly demeaned America’s civil institutions, undermined our public servants, discounted any virtues in Western civilization and taught disdain for American sovereignty.” – Raza/Chicano Studies in Tucson, Arizona
Spanish language newspaper benefits Texoma’s classroom – Texas
May 20, 2008
Spanish Immersion Program to begin for Mansfield kindergarten students – Ohio
May 19, 2008
Garfield High School in East Los Angeles plans its new auditorium
Hispanics In Action growing, celebrating anniversary in Stuart, Florida
May 15, 2008
State program helped janitor become teacher – Daniel Silva in Chicago
May 12, 2008
S. Idaho school district investigating Mexican flag incident
Wakefield Educator Named N. Virginia’s Hispanic Teacher of Year – Felix Herrera
May 8, 2008
Controversy over Minico student’s flag sparks silent protests at school, national discussion about racism – Idaho
Idaho student says teacher tossed his Mexican flag in trash
Chicago’s Unique Program Makes Teachers Out of Moms – The Unique Teacher Education Model Uplifts Women of Color
May 7, 2008
Latina Author, Donna del Oro, Supports Scholarships for Latina College Students at University of California, Davis
May 6, 2008
State Farm Companies Foundation Increases Support, Furthers Commitment to Hispanic Scholarship Fund
IBM Launches Effort to Address Shortage of Hispanic Students in Technology Careers
May 5, 2008
Time to stop painting all Latinos in a single shade of brown
Mike Fernandez – Mike Fernandez’s healthcare companies have returned an average 133% a year over the last 15 years.
April 30, 2008
‘Apoyando a Quienes Apoyan’ Begins Its Seventh Annual Award Benefiting Guatemala
April 29, 2008
First Latina President of a California State University Campus Inaugurated Friday – California State University, Dominguez Hills, one of the most diverse universities in the west, celebrates its history and future during President Mildred García’s inauguration this Friday, May 2
April 28, 2008
Marisa Alicea Named New Dean of DePaul University’s School for New Learning
April 22, 2008
National Hispanic Corporate Council Examines Diversity Best Practices, Executive Development and Supplier Diversity at Its Member Meeting
April 21, 2008
AT&T Launches $100 Million Philanthropic Education Program, Job Shadowing for 100,000 Students, Research and Community Engagement Support to Address High School Dropout Crisis
The need for bilingual teachers in East Texas
April 15, 2008
The Launching that Revolutionizes the Market of the Global Music industry Via Internet – Lily Vasquez
April 14, 2008
Pasadena City College to Host 14th Annual Adelante Mujer Latina Conference
Mexican culture spreads to the University of Washinton through Mariachi music
Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs Names New Executive Director – Pat Sanchez
April 10, 2008
Conference aims at acceptance of cultural differences – Cambio de Colores: Latinos in Missouri
April 8, 2008
La Bloga: SPOTLIGHT ON SUSANA CHÁVEZ-SILVERMAN
April 7, 2008
San Joaquin Delta College earns high marks for its programs that reach Latinos
April 2, 2008
Learn Spanish by Phone – a Pioneering New Service from SpanishPod
Southern Methodist University appoints Cordelia Canrelaria as new dean of Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences
Miguel del Valle, Clerk of the City of Chicago, received National-Louis University’s (NLU) first annual Cesar E. Chavez Award for Service to the Latino Community for his work in helping Latinos overcome barriers to education.
March 31, 2008
Latino Art Beat Launches 2008 National Hispanic Heritage Art Competition at U.S. Department of Education
High School Financial Education Now Available in Spanish
March 28, 2008
Hispanics to get say on English standards – Texas
March 24, 2008
Aetna Plays Host to Esperanza Academy Art Students – Philadelphia
March 18, 2008
Did You Know? More than a third of Boston’s 56,000 students are Latino; more than 40 percent of them are learning English as a second language. And since the state eliminated bilingual education in 2002, these students have fallen further behind.
Bilingual teachers wanted – Boston schools recruiting in Puerto Rico
March 17, 2008
Test Scores Jump for Some L.A. Hispanic Students
District 302 tests Spanish voice-mail systems – School district in Chicago area
March 13, 2008
Prince William sees exodus of Hispanics – Virginia
March 11, 2008
Super Mario Barros – This teacher has a radio show, a newspaper column, and a satirical take on social issues – Boston
Mexican Embassy Teams Up with UNAM, Fundacion Azteca America and Grupo Salinas to Offer ESL Classrooms in the U.S.
March 9, 2008
Protesters to march against Texas-Mexico border fence – (organized in part by teachers)
Parents take English alongside their kids – Arkansas
March 6, 2008
Puerto Rican Teachers Suspend Strike
