Latino Kids as Pawns in the Soda Wars
Latino Kids as Pawns in the Soda Wars
By Tony Castro, Voxxi Are Latino kids being unfairly targeted as study subjects for obesity in youth and the relationship to drinking a lot of sodas? There is now a […]
Hablan Español? Do your kids speak Spanish?
By Claudia Sermeno, Being Latino That is a question that we as Latino Americans are used to asking of representatives of educational, community, political, service and other societal entities. But […]
CA 4th Graders Unite to Bring DREAMer Classmate Home
By Diana Bohn, Berkeley Daily Planet Rodrigo was a happy nine-year-old fourth grader at Jefferson Elementary School in Berkeley, where he lived since he was two years old. On January […]
Not a Lack of Latino Lit for Kids, But a Lack of Awareness
By Shelley Diaz, School Library Journal Librarians who serve children in predominantly Latino communities were shocked this past December to read a New York Times article claiming that there is a dearth of Latino […]
One Step Ahead: San Antonio Invests in Early Education for Latinos
By Salud Today San Antonio business officials, educators, residents, and government officials have invested in free preschool for thousands of low-income, mostly Latino children, PolicyLink reports. Voters approved a one-eighth penny […]
Puppets and Peers for Latino Obesity Prevention
By Salud Today Check out this great video about the Hispanic Health Council’s (HHC) comprehensive approach to the prevention of childhood obesity, through promoting healthy eating physical activity and access to healthy […]
Latinos Shifting Black-White Paradigm in Memphis Schools
By Stan Washington, New America Media MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Hispanic parents in this city care about the education of their children just as much as any other ethnic group, declared one […]
U.S. Sequester Cuts Would Harm Latino Babies
By Khalil Abdullah, New America Media WASHINGTON, D.C.–Thousands of unborn Americans have no say on whether the process of across-the-board federal budget cuts – the so-called “sequestration” — should move forward […]
MacArthur Foundation: A New Digital Divide That’s Hard to Cross
By Mike Cassidy, San Jose Mercury News This divide isn’t about who has computers and who doesn’t; or who does and doesn’t have Internet access. This divide is between kids whose […]
Wisconsin teacher Fights for His students and Immigration Reform
By Colleen Flaherty, Education Votes In a small town in northern Wisconsin, Spanish teacher Scott Ellingson has two students in his class who traveled a long way to be there. […]
