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Section: Demographics > Latinx
Latinx
Hispanic Laborers Die at Higher Rates on Job Sites
Hispanic workers die at higher rates than other laborers, with 1 in 3 of these deaths occurring in the construction industry, a government study reported on June 5.
June 10, 2008
Latinx
Closing the Culture Gap Can Help Latino Students Learn, Professor Says
With the increase in the nationâs Hispanic population, policymakers must address the âopportunity gapâ as an education challenge, says Dr. Pedro A. Noguera, a professor at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development at New York University.
June 3, 2008
Latinx
Latino Job Growth Slowing Down to a Slump, Says Labor Report
The slump in the U.S. real estate market and the subprime mortgage crisis has had its effect on Latino workers, according to a report released June 4 by the Pew Hispanic Center.
June 3, 2008
Latinx
Spanish Is the Language of Commerce in Miami
Melissa Greenâs mother spoke Spanish, but she never learned because her father forbid it.
June 3, 2008
Latinx
Diverse Calendar
June 18-22 Association of American Colleges and Universities 8th Annual Greater Expectations Institute âCampus Leadership for Student Engagement, Inclusion and Achievementâ Cliff Lodge & Spa Snowbird, Utah Web: www.aacu.org June 21-24Association of College and University Housing Officers â International 2008 ACUHO-I Annual Conference & Exposition Disney Coronado Springs Resort Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Web: www.acuho-i.org [âŚ]
May 28, 2008
Latinx
Arkansas Governor Says Law Bars In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students
By law, colleges and universities do not have the option of allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition, Gov. Mike Beebe warned over the weekend.
May 27, 2008
Latinx
Work Life and Identity Issues in Hispanic Youth Are Focus of Study
Education is the primary route to security for children of ethnic minorities, a University of Arizona professor concludes in a study that his publisher says is the most-extensive ever done on Hispanic youth.
May 27, 2008
Latinx
Latinas, Black Girls Respect, Defer to Moms Most
Latinas and African American girls defer to their mothers more than non-Hispanic white girls do, according to a University of Florida study.
May 27, 2008
Latinx
Migrant Education Program Graduates Honored in Pennsylvania
More than 75 students from across Pennsylvania were honored May 27 for graduating from the Education Departmentâs migrant-education program.
May 27, 2008
Latinx
Immigrants Are Assimilating Quickly, but Mexicans Lag Most, Report Says
Despite rapid growth in the immigrant population, newcomers of the past quarter-century have assimilated more rapidly than their counterparts of a century ago, according to a conservative think tank.
May 20, 2008
Students
Online School Targets Hispanics, Students At Risk
The stateâs newest virtual charter school is expected to go online this fall, but only after a strategic campaign to recruit Hispanics and teenagers at risk of quitting or getting kicked out of public high schools.
May 20, 2008
Latinx
Critics ask: What Role Should TV, Radio Marti Play?
Two decades after Congress established the U.S. Office of Cuba Broadcasting, lawmakers and experts still cannot seem to agree on the programâs mission.
May 20, 2008
Latinx
Families Sue Catholic School Over âEnglish Onlyâ Policy
Four Hispanic families are suing St. Anneâs Catholic School over a policy that requires students to speak English at all times while at school.
May 20, 2008
Students
NC System Reverses Itself, Wonât Admit Undocumented
North Carolina community colleges will have to wait longer for a resolution to a controversy over admitting undocumented students that has been brewing since the system issued a directive last December to do so as part of the prevailing open-admissions policy
May 13, 2008
Latinx
Southern California Districts Facing âNo Child Left Behindâ Sanctions
At Las Palmitas Elementary School, nestled between rundown homes and fields of grapes, peppers and dates in Southern California, 99 percent of students live in poverty and fewer than 20 percent speak English fluently.
May 13, 2008
Latinx
Majority Latino South Texas Town Abolishes Decades-old Segregation
A South Texas town has abolished an anti-Hispanic segregation law more than seven decades after it was enacted.
May 13, 2008
Latinx
Arkansas Organization Moves to Deny Benefits to Undocumented
The Arkansas attorney generalâs office cleared the way on last Wednesday for supporters of a ballot measure requiring government agencies to verify all those seeking public benefits in the state are legal U.S. residents to begin gathering signatures.
May 13, 2008
Students
Conference Highlights Successful Schools
When Ricardo Esparza became principal of Granger High School in South Central Washington state nine years ago, he walked into an environment where gangs roamed the halls, fights were common and academic performance was less than impressive.
May 6, 2008
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