April 23, 2012 | by Dr. Ellen McMahon
A project I am doing at work has me thinking. I am working on a curriculum project that I think of as an alignment process. In looking at individual courses, whether in grammar school or high school continue reading »
April 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff
A new report from the Center for Civil Rights Remedies at the Civil Rights Project, Suspended Education in California’s Public Schools, estimates that more than 400,000 students were suspended and removed from classrooms at least one time during the 2009-10 school year in California – enough to fill every seat in all the professional baseball and football stadiums in the state. continue reading »
April 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff
For over 20 years now, Immigration Law Associates through their educational outreach programs have helped foreign nationals identify the best options for achieving their immigration goals continue reading »
April 9, 2012 | by Dr. Ellen McMahon
Growing old is not for the faint of heart. There are lots of things that change whether you like it or not. Suddenly things that you took for granted as a constant are no longer there and that includes people! continue reading »
April 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Working in partnership with communities, Teach For America recruits, trains, and supports talented and diverse individuals from all backgrounds who commit two years to teach continue reading »
April 2, 2012 | by Dr. Ellen McMahon
I have a fireplace in my house in the city and in my cabin in the woods in Northern Wisconsin. When I am at home in the city, on very cold weekend days I like to build a fire continue reading »
March 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV), in conjunction with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), today announced the opening of "Dandole Alas a Tu Exito/Giving Flight to Your Success," its annual education travel award program for undergraduate and graduate students. continue reading »
March 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff
The National Latino Media Council (NLMC)/National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) Television Writers Program is for those writers who can write at least one half-hour comedy or one-hour dramatic television script in English within a five-week period of time. continue reading »
March 26, 2012 | by Dr. Ellen McMahon
We are just entering spring and the last of my bulbs are blooming. From November to March I try to keep flowers blooming in my house. I think there is something very welcoming and homey about having plants blooming in the house in the winter. continue reading »
March 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff
In 2011, the UCLA Labor Center’s Dream Resource Center in partnership with the United We Dream Network developed Dream Summer, the first national internship for DREAM Act student leaders across the country. continue reading »
