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Opinion: Righting the Ship for Students With Limited English Skills

In 1974, Lau v. Nichols, set a new precedent in bilingual education when it required school districts to assist all students without regard to English language deficiencies. All school programs conducted exclusively in English were deemed unconstitutional because they denied equal access to education to English learners.

Faculty & Staff

Illinois Professor Wins Poetry Prize

Paul Martinez Pompa, a faculty member in the English department at Triton College in River Grove, Ill., is the 2008 recipient of the Andres Montoya Poetry Prize given by Letras Latinas, the literary program of the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies (ILS), university officials announced.

Latina Scholar to Lecture on Church Issues

The growing Latino population — largely Roman Catholic — and the challenges and opportunities it presents to the Catholic Church in the United States will be the subject of the annual Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at the University of South Carolina.

UMD Assesses Campus Climate Among Hispanic Students

At the University of Maryland, College Park, Hispanic students want more faculty and administrative support, additional mentorship opportunities and a cultural center to address their needs and concerns, according to a recent survey conducted by the institution’s Adele H. Stamp Student Union for Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy.

All-Star Player and Wife Start Education Foundation

The Martinez Foundation, which launched September 25, aims to help more Latino students attend college and more minority students become teachers.

Shakira Expanding Focus to Global Poverty

Shakira, the highest-selling Colombian singing artist of all time and a longtime activist for Latin American’s poor children, plans to make her Colombian children’s foundation a global one in the near future.

College Will Offer Business Training in Spanish

Two entrepreneurial classes taught in Spanish will be offered in late fall through Wenatchee Valley College’s Continuing Education and Workforce Development departments.

Nissan Funds Educational Initiative

Nissan North America, Inc. presented the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) with a $20,000 donation to fund a new educational initiative: “El Reto Supremo Academico.”

The ‘Cisco Kid’ as Cultural Icon

In the new book “The Cisco Kid: American Hero, Hispanic Roots,” co-authors Gary D. Keller and Francis M. Nevins trail the history of the character, from his initial creation outside the Hispanic world to his Hollywood interpretation as a Latino persona, Arizona State University’ s Bilingual Press announced.

Georgia Program Wins Honor

The Hispanic Outreach and Leadership Program (HOLA) at Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) has been selected as a semifinalist for a national award from Excelencia in Education, the university announced.

Hispanic MBAs Name Award Winners

Florida International University and Loida Rosario of DePaul University were among recipients of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs’s 2008 Brillante Awards for Excellence announced on September 19.

African-American

Forging Ahead in a Changing Landscape

I am passionate about three things: the news, diversity and education. A newspaper reporter by training, I was attracted to the profession by its public watchdog role.

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