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Advocates: Economic Stimulus Needed for Education Too

Education groups join chorus of industries asking for government help that will create school repair jobs and keep students enrolled in college.

DRASTIC MEASURES FOR DIFFICULT TIMES

Hit hard by the global financial crisis, colleges are cutting their budgets in ways that prompt fears about access and retention for minority students.

Foe of Bilingual/Immigration Reforms Exits Congress

U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, the lightning-rod Colorado conservative, made headlines clashing with Democrats and his fellow Republicans.

Coalition Urges Fixes for Dropout Crisis

Education policies that hold high schools accountable and give schools the resources to adequately prepare students for college and the modern workforce are necessary to improve graduation rates, reverse dropout trends, and strengthen the economy, according to a coalition of educational reform and civil rights groups.

Iowa Educators Address College Success for Latinos

Schools and colleges can make attending college and succeeding at it a realizable goal for Latino students, but educators and policy makers need to do more to help them, according to a collaborative report from Iowa scholars and a national group of Hispanic educators.

Oklahoma Task Force Considers Its Future

A task force created by the Legislature to advance the cause of educating Hispanic students is struggling with its identity and its future.

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Telling Tales Helps Students Jump Right into Learning Spanish

Frustrated by traditional language teaching tools, an experienced Spanish teacher from Annapolis has adult students writing imaginative stories and jumping to learn the language — literally.

Task Force Urges Proactive Recruiting for Federal Jobs

A working group studying ways to improve the representation of Hispanics in the federal workforce for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has called for more accountability in management and proactive recruiting.

Study: Minorities have higher rates of entrepreneurship than Whites

With a first-time report on minority entrepreneurs, an influential research project on U.S. entrepreneurship detected declining activity among American entrepreneurs from 2005 to 2007, reflecting a likely sign of the U.S. economy’s broader decline in 2008.

Female Immigrants Mistreated in Detention, Research Suggests

Some female immigrants in detention awaiting decisions on deportation have been mistreated or neglected, according to University of Arizona researchers.

Denver Police Bring In UCLA Expert on Racism

The Denver Police Department is relying on a social psychologist associated with theories on “racism without racists” for advice on whether it is doing everything possible to rid itself of racial and gender bias.

Advocates: Economic Stimulus Needed for Education Too

With the nation’s financial system in turmoil, many education leaders are calling for Congress and President-elect Barack Obama to earmark funding for schools and college students in a new economic stimulus package to help prop up the economy.

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