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From Gangster’s Daughter to Star Teacher: Watch Pearl Arredondo’s Inspiring TED Talk

2013-05-16T17:42:17Z

Pearl Arredondo grew up in East Los Angeles, the daughter of a high-ranking gang member who was in and out of jail. Many teachers wrote her off as having a problem with authority. Now a teacher herself, she’s creating a different kind of school and telling students her story so that they know it’s okay if sometimes homework isn’t the first thing on their minds.

Pearl Arredondo helped establish a pilot middle school that teaches students to be good communicators in the 21st century.

She is also featured in the short documentary film TEACHED Vol.1: “The Blame Game,” and is a role model for young Latinas seeking to make a difference in their communities.

Watch her Talk here.

Education Coalition of Latino Policymakers Address Needs of Latino Students with Congress

2013-05-16T10:52:04Z

Latino public officials from across the country, representing more than 13.6 million Latino students (ages 5-21) currently enrolled in American schools, will gather in the nation’s capital next week to discuss the impact of sequestration and strategies for improving Latino student success with members of Congress and the Administration.

Hispanic High School Graduates Pass Whites in Rate of College Enrollment

2013-05-10T17:22:18Z

A record seven-in-ten (69%) Hispanic high school graduates in the class of 2012 enrolled in college that fall, two percentage points higher than the rate (67%) among their white counterparts,1 according to a Pew Research Center analysis of new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.2

72 Percent of Spanish Teachers Go On Strike

2013-05-09T17:38:40Z

The State Platform for Public Schools on Thursday labeled the general strike staged at all levels of the educational system in Spain “a total success,” while officials said a low number of educators and students took part.

Gordon Tech College Prep Gets Ready to Celebrate Its Many Academic Successes

2013-05-03T15:48:45Z

Chicago’s Gordon Tech College Prep is getting ready to celebrate its unique approach to getting Latino students into traditional four-year colleges.

In 2012 DePaul University partnered with the high school to provide one of the city’s fastest growing high schools with strategic planning around curriculum, technology and college counseling to meet the needs of kids seeking higher education. DePaul University headquartered in Chicago is the largest Catholic university in the U.S. and brought to the table decades of thought-leadership on engaging kids around higher-ed and what it takes to be a success in college.

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UCLA Establishes Center to Study Health, Poverty in Latin America

2013-05-02T19:29:21Z

UCLA’s Blum Center is a research institute that seeks to contribute to improving the health of communities with few economic resources in Latin America.

North Carolina Immigrants Press for In-State College Tuition

2013-05-01T02:48:08Z

Pro-immigrant groups in North Carolina stepped up their pressure Tuesday on state legislators to approve a bill that would allow undocumented students to pay resident tuition at public universities and community colleges.

Unemployment in Spain Hits 27%, Under 25 is 57%

2013-04-25T13:13:13Z

Spain’s unemployment rate hit 27.16 percent in the first quarter of this year, with the number of jobless people topping 6 million for the first time amid an economic downturn that started in 2008, the National Statistics Institute, or INE, said Thursday.

More than 6.2 million people were jobless during the period, with 237,400 workers joining the ranks of the unemployed during the first three months of 2013, the INE said in its Labor Force Survey.

Hooded Protesters Overtake Mexico’s UNAM President’s Office

2013-04-22T15:33:43Z

A group of “people with their faces covered” occupied the office of the president of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM, over the weekend to protest the expulsion of five students and make several other demands, officials of the Mexico City-based university said.

“People with their faces covered have once again attacked the UNAM,” the Office of Directors of Schools, Institutes and Centers said in a statement.

The building was occupied on Sunday, two days after students staged a protest march at the UNAM, Mexico’s largest university and one of Latin America’s leading higher education institutions, officials said.

The university provides adequate channels for students to seek a redress of grievances and lodge complaints, the UNAM said.

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Foot Locker, DoSomething.org Announce Recipients of Scholar Athletes Program

2013-04-18T15:26:56Z

Foot Locker Foundation, Inc. and DoSomething.org unveiled today the twenty recipients of the Foot Locker Scholar Athletes Program. Each student will receive $20,000 in college scholarships, totaling $400,000.