12 Dec 05 Study: ‘Digital divide’ affects school success

Kids with home computers more likely to graduate

December 12, 2005
From eSchool News staff and wire service reports

Access to a home computer increases the likelihood that children will graduate from high school, but blacks and Latinos are much less likely to have a computer at home than are whites, according to a study by a researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). The study also found that the so-called "digital divide" is even more pronounced among children than adults.

The study’s findings, which have important implications for schools, seem to confirm the value of computer take-home programs–such as one-to-one school laptop initiatives, or donating old machines to students’ families as they are replaced–as an effective instructional strategy.

The study shows the persistence of the digital divide and suggests it has a profound impact on educational outcomes, even when factors such as income and parental education are taken into consideration, said Robert Fairlie, associate professor of economics at UCSC. His findings appeared in the October issue of the Economics of Education Review.

"The digital divide is large and persistent, and black and Latino children are particularly hard-hit," said Fairlie. "The digital divide has important implications for educational and economic inequality in the United States. These findings should be a wake-up call for policy makers."

Although many studies have explored the impact of computers in schools, and the federal government has made computer access in schools a priority, few studies have assessed the impact on youth of having a computer in the home, Fairlie said.

Among the key findings of his research:

Teenagers who have access to home computers are 6 to 8 percentage points more likely to graduate from high school than teens who lack access to a home computer, after controlling for individual, parental, and family characteristics.

Only 50.6 percent of blacks and 48.7 percent of Latinos have access to home computers, compared with 74.6 percent of whites.

Only 40.5 percent of blacks and 38.1 percent of Latinos have internet access at home, compared with 67.3 percent of whites.

Among children, slightly more than half of all black and Latino children have access to a home computer, and about 40 percent have internet access at home. By comparison, 85.5 percent of white children have home computer access, and 77.4 percent can use the internet at home.

Asians have home-computer and internet-access rates that are slightly higher than white rates (77.7 and 70.3 percent, compared with 74.6 and 67.3 percent).

Among Latinos, Mexicans have the lowest home computer and internet access rates, followed by Central and South Americans.

Racial disparities in access to computer technology–the so-called "digital divide"–are largely ignored in the latest U.S. Department of Commerce reports, called "A Nation Online," Fairlie said.

"We are clearly not all a ‘nation online,’" he said. "Twenty million children in the United States, or 26 percent of children, have no computer access at home, and race is a key part of who’s online and who isn’t."

The most recent Commerce report on computer access, "A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age," was published in 2004. While an appendix contains statistics showing computer and internet access broken out by racial subgroups, there is no discussion of these statistics or their disparities in the body of the report itself.

In previous work, Fairlie said he has found that racial disparities in access to computers at home are highest among eight- to 25-year-olds.

"These patterns are particularly troubling in light of the presumption that information technology is a new prerequisite for success in the labor market," said Fairlie, a labor economist who specializes in minority entrepreneurship. His research is funded by the W. T. Grant Foundation and the Community Technology Foundation of California.

During a recent trip to Washington, D.C., Fairlie presented his report, "Are We Really a Nation Online? Ethnic and Racial Disparities in Access to Technology and Their Consequences," to the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. He also took part in a Congressional briefing on the digital divide.

Source: eSchool News

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05 Dec 05 Hispanic College Entry Rate Increases

December 1, 2005
By Andrea Lehman

Overall first-year, first-time Hispanic enrollment in postsecondary education increased much faster than non-Hispanic white enrollment between 1996 and 2001 in each of seven states that collectively account for 80 percent of U.S. Hispanic college students.

At the same time, white freshman college enrollment became significantly more concentrated in four-year institutions (vs. two-year and non-degree-granting programs) over this period — up 11 percentage points — while the proportion of Hispanic freshmen in four-year programs increased by 2 percentage points.

Specifically, according to a new report from the Pew Hispanic Center using the latest available data (see chart "First-Time, First-Year College Enrollment by Ethnicity"):

All-college Hispanic enrollment growth averaged 24% across the seven states. It ranged from 6% in New York, 13% in California, and 15% in Arizona to 22% in Illinois, 25% in New Jersey, 32% in Texas, and 53% in Florida. The overall increase was 26,000 students.

Meanwhile all-college white enrollment growth, which started from a larger base, averaged 9.6%. It ranged from minus 1% in California, 0% in Illinois, 1% in New York, and 8% in New Jersey to 10% in Arizona, 14% in Texas, and 35% in Florida. Average 9.6% growth. Overall increase, 29,000 students.

In some part, this comparison reflects the faster growth of the U.S. Hispanic population and its relative youth.

Of the overall Hispanic enrollment growth, 41% was in four-year colleges, so that 31% of all Hispanic freshmen (10,782 students) were enrolled in these institutions in 2001, up from a 29% share in 1996.

A higher percent of all white freshmen (49%, or 32,126 students) were enrolled in four-year colleges in 2001, up from 38% in 1996.

The exception among the seven states was Illinois, where 59% of Hispanic freshmen were enrolled in four-year schools in 2001, vs. 57% of whites.

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15 Nov 05 Minority Students Who Excel Academically Pay Price for ”Acting White”; Study Finds Few Social Costs of Achievement in Private Schools but High Ones in Integrated Public Schools

November 15, 2005
Source: Business Wire

High-achieving minority students in racially integrated public schools are less popular among their ethnic peers and more isolated than similar white students, according to a new study by Harvard economist Roland G. Fryer, Jr. published in the winter 2006 issue of Hoover Institution’s Education Next.

The social stigma among minorities who excel — labeled "acting white" — is "a vexing reality within a subset of American schools," Fryer writes. "Whatever its cause, it is most prevalent in racially integrated public schools. It’s less of a problem in the private sector and in predominantly black public schools."

For black and Hispanic students who attend private school, Fryer found no evidence of a trade-off between popularity and achievement. Similarly, in predominantly black schools, there was no evidence that getting good grades adversely affected students’ popularity. In integrated public schools, however, the price for those who strive to succeed is high.

At low GPAs, there is little difference among ethnic groups in the relationship between grades and popularity, but when a student achieves a 2.5 GPA (an even mix of Bs and Cs), clear differences start to emerge. Beyond this level, Hispanic students in particular lose popularity at an alarming rate. As GPAs climb above 3.5, the experience of black and white students diverges: black students tend to have fewer and fewer friends while white students find themselves moving to the top of the popularity pyramid. For Hispanic students at the highest levels of achievement, it is even more discouraging. A Hispanic student with a 4.0 GPA is the least popular of all Hispanic students, and Hispanic-white differences are the most extreme.

For his research, Fryer used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Adhealth), which provide information on the friendship patterns of a nationally representative sample of more than 90,000 students, from 175 schools in 80 communities, who entered grades 7 through 12 in the 1994 school year. The Adhealth data freed Fryer from relying on self-reported indicators of popularity that had been used in previous studies. Students in the Adhealth study were asked to list up to five of their closest male and female friends. Fryer counted how often each student’s name appeared on peers’ lists. The more frequently a peer was listed by others, the more weight was assigned to showing up on his or her list.

Although minority students were not penalized for "acting white" in private schools, Fryer did find that high-achieving white students were not as popular as their lower-achieving peers. The most popular white students in private schools had a GPA of roughly 2.0 (a C average). These findings may help explain why most studies of academic achievement find little or no benefit from attending a private school for white students, but quite large benefits for African Americans.

In explaining his results, Fryer notes that groups with lower achievement levels are at risk of losing their potentially more successful members to the outside world. Peer group pressures help ensure the loyalty of these potentially successful members, who are forced to weigh community ties against academic success.

"In an achievement-based society, there can be a trade-off between doing well and rejection by your peers when you come from a traditionally low-achieving group," Fryer points out.

Read more about the costs of "Acting White" in the new issue of Education Next online at www.EducationNext.org.

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15 Nov 05 UT, Georgia target Latino numbers

Schools plan to use $12.3 million grant to help Hispanics’ enrollment and graduation rates.

November 15, 2005
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz

The University of Texas and the University of Georgia will try to come up with the best methods for recruiting, retaining and graduating Hispanic students under a $12.3 million project to be announced today in Washington by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.

The initiative comes amid growing concern, in Texas and elsewhere, about the lagging pace of enrollment of Hispanics. Although Hispanics are the largest minority group in the nation and the fastest-growing segment of the population, they have the highest high school dropout rate and the lowest college graduation rate of any major racial or ethnic group.

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund, based in San Francisco and headed by Sara Martinez Tucker, a UT graduate, has awarded nearly $170 million to Latinos since it was established in 1975. The Texas-Georgia project will be paid for by a grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. of Indianapolis. That gift is among $22 million in donations from foundations and corporations expected to be announced today.

U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said in a statement that the money would help build a college-going culture among Hispanics and help Hispanic students earn degrees. She was scheduled to speak at an event commemorating the scholarship fund’s 30th anniversary.

The scholarship fund’s goal is to double the rate of Hispanic students earning college degrees by 2010. According to the most recent national census figures, 57 percent of Hispanics ages 25 or older graduated from high school and about 11 percent earned at least a bachelor’s degree. By comparison, 85 percent of all adults 25 years or older completed at least high school, and 27 percent attained at least a bachelor’s degree.

The collaboration between UT and the University of Georgia, to begin this fall, is intended to be a pilot project involving the universities’ different circumstances.

UT has a long history of attracting Hispanic students. Since fall 1999, for example, the scholarship fund has awarded $2.6 million to 750 UT students, said Larry Burt, associate vice president of student affairs.

In contrast, the University of Georgia, in Athens, east of Atlanta, has few programs supporting Latino enrollment and retention but is in a state with a rapidly growing Hispanic population.

"It’s a collaborative pilot to work on defining the best practices for recruiting Hispanic students into college and promoting their success," UT President Larry Faulkner said Monday from Washington, where he planned to attend the announcement. "This is, of course, an area of activity that’s enormously important to Texas and its future."

Faulkner said the provost’s, admissions and financial aid offices at UT would work together to identify the most effective measures. The measures could include outreach efforts, helping secure financial aid, academic counseling and other approaches.

Source: Austin American-Statesman

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20 Oct 05 HISPANIC KINDERGARTEN in Idaho

“With east Idaho’s Hispanic population ever increasing, school districts are trying to find a way to educate their now more diverse student bodies.

In Blackfoot, officials say nearly a fourth of their students speak English as a second language. Adam Rodriguez tells us how the district accommodates the students.”

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20 Oct 05 UCSC study: Tech access creates education gap

“The two-year nationwide study, one of the most comprehensive to look at the value of computers in the home, found that children who have access to a home computer are more likely to graduate high school than those who donâ€™t.

And, blacks and Latinos are much less likely to have a computer at home than are non-Latino whites.”

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20 Oct 05 Monarchs give students link to Mexican culture

“Monarch butterflies in all stages of life decorated the seventh-grade Spanish room at Summit Middle School as students learned about the Iowa insects’ connection to Mexico.

Kathleen Ziemer, owner of ButerfliZ of Iowa , recently talked with students at the school about monarchs. Summit is at 9500 Windsor Parkway in Johnston.”

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20 Oct 05 School test results show Latinos, poor at bottom. California

“But while Santa Cruz County students buck statewide trends in overall performance, achievement gaps between non-white Latino students and their white counterparts continue to haunt most schools.

“Thatâ€™s a conversation we have pretty much every day,” said Gary Woods, assistant superintendent of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District. “All of the programs we have in this district are geared toward helping (minority) students.”"

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20 Oct 05 Reading, math scores show little gain since â€˜No Childâ€™ act

“Despite a new federal educational testing law championed by the Bush administration, scores among fourth- and eighth-graders failed to show any improvements in reading, and showed only slow gains in math nationally during the past two years, according to a study released Wednesday.

Most troubling for educators are the sluggish reading skills among middle school students, which have remained flat for 13 years, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, which has been testing students for three decades and bills itself as the “nation’s report card.”"

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20 Oct 05 Test Results Reflect Race, Gender Lines

“Connecticut students continue to score higher on national tests than most in the country, but new results released Wednesday show major achievement gaps between whites and minorities, rich and poor, and boys and girls.

More high-quality preschool for needy children, literacy programs for their parents, more mental health care, better curriculums and longer school days and years are needed to end such disparities, state Education Commissioner Betty J. Sternberg said.”

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20 Oct 05 Education official to address Hispanic group. Illinois

“AURORA â€” Jesse Ruiz, chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education, will talk about the importance of education in the Hispanic community Friday evening at Long Island Sound, as featured speaker at the Annual Scholarship and Awards Banquet of the League of United Latin American Citizens Council of Aurora Foundation.

The LULAC Council of Aurora will award $10,000 in scholarships at the event. Over the local organization’s history, it has handed out more than $100,000 in scholarship money.”

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20 Oct 05 Hispanic enrollment is up in city schools. Connecticut

“NORWALK — The percentage of Hispanic students in city schools continues to steadily increase, with elementary and middle schools seeing the largest surge, according to enrollment figures released yesterday.

Those figures also have administrators puzzled by the latest kindergarten enrollment data from Cranbury and Silvermine elementary schools. The kindergarten population at Cranbury Elementary School has jumped from 74 students in 2004 to 107 students this year, a 45 percent increase. Silvermine has seen its kindergarten population dip from 81 students in 2004 to 57 students this year, a 30 percent decline.”

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19 Oct 05 Hispanic College Grads Outpacing Hispanic Adult Population Growth

October 19, 2005
Source: Center for Media Research

In the metropolitan markets surveyed by The Media Audit From 2002 to 2004, the Hispanic adult population increased by 16 percent while the number of Hispanic college graduates increased by 22 percent.

Bob Jordan, president of International Demographics, Inc., said "The number of Hispanic college graduates increased by 806,000 from approximately 3.6 million to 4.4 million. The 4.4 million includes more than 1.3 million with advanced degrees." In the markets surveyed there are approximately 48.3 million adults, 35 percent of the adult population, with one or more college degrees.

The Hispanic college graduate is significantly younger than college graduates in the general population. In the general population 38.4 percent of college graduates are age 50 plus. Among Hispanics just 23.0 percent of college graduates are age 50 plus.

Twenty percent of all college graduates are heavy readers of newspapers (1 hour or more per day) and 18.9 percent of college educated Hispanics are heavy newspaper readers. However:

more than 50 percent of the Hispanic graduates read a newspaper on an average weekday
39.6 percent read a newspaper on an average Sunday, compared to 41.0 percent and 31.4 percent among all graduates.

With regard to income differences:

63.5 percent of all college graduates have an annual income of $50,000 or more
63.2 percent of Hispanic college graduates have annual incomes of $50,000 or more.
42.8 percent of all college graduates have incomes of $75,000 or more
41.7 percent of Hispanic college graduates have incomes of $75,000 or more
26.7 percent of all college graduates and 24.1 percent of Hispanic college graduates have household incomes of $100,000 or more.
11 percent of all college graduates and 8.4 percent of Hispanic graduates earn $150,000 or more annually

"It’s important to note that some of the markets with the greatest number of Hispanics have enormous differences in the percentage with a college education," says Jordan.

22.0 percent of Hispanics in New York City have a college degree
15.3 percent of Hispanics in Los Angeles have a college degree
33 percent of the Hispanics in Miami have a college degree
31.7 percent of those in Chicago have at least one college degree

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19 Oct 05 Test shows improvement in Latino student achievement

October 19, 2005
By Sheena McFarland

The achievement gap between Utah’s white and Latino students is closing, which is both good and bad news.

National Assessment of Educational Progress data released Wednesday shows white eighth-graders in Utah performed worse in reading and math than they did when last tested in 2003, while Latinos improved in math and declined less in reading than their white peers.

”The best way to close the achievement gap is when both groups are improving, but the Latino group is improving at a faster rate," said Hal Sanderson, NAEP coordinator and research analyst for the Utah State Office of Education.

NAEP is a standardized test created in the late 1960s. Participation was voluntary until President Bush created the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001.

Now all states that receive federal funds to assist disadvantaged children must participate to determine whether students are progressing toward federal proficiency goals in math and reading.

Fourth- and eighth-graders nationwide take the test. Scores are used to rate students’ competency as below basic, basic, proficient and advanced; the goal is to demonstrate they are at least proficient in mastering math and reading according to federal standards.

This year’s results show that Utah fourth- and eighth-graders overall outperformed their peers nationwide in both reading and math.

But results broken down by distinct ethnic groups show fewer white and Latino eighth-graders in Utah hit proficiency targets.

In math, 33 percent of white eighth-graders scored high enough to demonstrate proficiency, down from 34 percent in 2003, while their Latino peers’ proficiency levels increased from 7 percent to 9 percent.

In reading, the percentage of Utah white eighth-graders demonstrating proficiency dropped to 32 percent from 35 percent in 2003. The percentage of Latino students proficient in reading decreased to 12 percent from 13 percent.

Sanderson said the state is not particularly concerned about performance declines of 1 percent because they’re not statistically significant. But it’s a trend the state doesn’t want to see continue.

Both white and Latino eighth-graders in Utah underperformed their nationwide peers in math and reading. Nationally 37 percent of white and 13 percent of Latino eighth-graders demonstrated proficiency in math.

In reading, 37 percent of white students and 14 percent of Latino students nationwide demonstrated proficiency.

Unlike older students, white fourth-graders in Utah improved in both areas and outperformed their national counterparts, but Latino fourth-graders did worse and underperformed their national peers in both reading and math.

”Utah’s 2005 NAEP scores continue to provide both challenges and satisfaction,” state schools superintendent Patti Harrington said. ”While we are pleased to exceed the national average, and to be gaining in some areas, average is not adequate for our children in Utah. We must expect more and help each child reach high levels of reading and math ability.”

U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings said in a teleconference that she is "pleased but not satisfied" with the national results. Her goal is to bring all students to proficient levels in reading and math by 2014, as mandated by NCLB. Currently, between 29 and 35 percent of the nation’s students are hitting the proficiency standards.

"At all grade levels, all subjects and all kids, we know where we need to work," said Spellings, who is confident students will hit their marks with state-implemented programs and teachers working on the front lines.

With the most current data now available, she hopes to see changes at the state level.

"Now it’s up to local policy makers to see what works and what doesn’t on a policy level," she said.

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune

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19 Oct 05 The Hispanic response to reshaping Durhamâ€™s magnet programs is notable by its absence. North Carolina

“DURHAM — After months of seeking advice from parents on how to go about the biggest makeover of Durham Public Schools’ magnet programs in district history, school leaders heard almost no Latino voices.

And with the last chance approaching for the district’s fastest-growing group to weigh in on the proposed changes, school officials still seem to have no plan to ensure Latinos have a say.”

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19 Oct 05 latino lingo: The Hunt for Educated Latinos

“Colleges and Universities from as far as North Carolina, Colorado, Illinois, Connecticut and Ohio are recruiting Hispanics in Texas as a way to “diversify” their campuses, according to a Houston Chronicle story. That fact was covered in a Hispanic Business story, that also mentions Ohio State University trying to up its Hispanic enrollment to 3 percent by 2010 … up from 1.75 percent in 1999 … by recruiting in Texas.”

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19 Oct 05 Hispanic enrollment is up in city schools. Connecticut

“NORWALK — The percentage of Hispanic students in city schools continues to steadily increase, with elementary and middle schools seeing the largest surge, according to enrollment figures released yesterday.

Those figures also have administrators puzzled by the latest kindergarten enrollment data from Cranbury and Silvermine elementary schools. The kindergarten population at Cranbury Elementary School has jumped from 74 students in 2004 to 107 students this year, a 45 percent increase. Silvermine has seen its kindergarten population dip from 81 students in 2004 to 57 students this year, a 30 percent decline.”

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19 Oct 05 Educators See Gender Gap in Minority Education

“Analysts say African Americans and Hispanics are under-represented in higher education in the United States, and they worry about another trend in minority education. College graduation rates are lower for minority males than females. Researchers and educators met recently in Los Angeles to address the problem.”

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17 Oct 05 Latino works to meld cultures. Man helps youth in roles of mentor, translator and high school soccer coach

“Yabday Garcia spoke no English when he entered Richmond High School in January 2003.
…

In a short time, Cuvillier became a mentor for not only Garcia but for a number of the school’s other Latino young men and women.”

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17 Oct 05 Shortage Of Bilingual Teachers

Now I might be wrong but shouldn’t they be ‘banding’ together instead of ‘banning’

“With more schools comes the need for more teachers. Right now, Texas has a shortage of bilingual educators.

So community colleges across Texas and in Austin are banning together to offer Spanish-speaking individuals the chance to teach.”

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17 Oct 05 Program produces bilingual students

“This isn’t English as a second language or a bilingual classroom. Some students speak English and some speak Spanish. But there is no translation. Students must figure out what Vazquez is saying based on her gestures and hints or get help from their classmates.

This “dual language” technique may seem harsh, but when applied correctly, educators say, it produces students who are bilingual by fifth grade and academically ahead of their peers.”

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17 Oct 05 Colleges go to Texas for minority students

“Colleges and Universities from around the country are focusing recruitment on Texas in an attempt to increase Latino enrollment.

At a recent college fair at Houston’s Spring Woods High, 182 recruiters battled for prospective students from schools as far away as North Carolina, Colorado, Illinois, Connecticut and Ohio, The Houston Chronicle reports.”

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16 Oct 05 Gateway Offers Workplace Spanish for Realtors and Retailers. Kentucky

“Gateway Community and Technical College is debuting two new Workplace Spanish courses designed to help business people communicate better with the region’s growing Hispanic population.

Workplace Spanish For Realtors and Landlords is a six-week course designed to help real estate agents, leasing agents and landlords better serve their Spanish-speaking customers. Key topics include real estate and financial terminology and conversational Spanish involving rental and purchase transactions, showing homes and exchanging customer information related to applications, deposits, rules and repairs.”

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16 Oct 05 Effort made to aid Latinos. Massachusetts

“SPRINGFIELD – In an effort aimed at helping more Latinos go to college, the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority will launch several services that make the financial aid process easier for Spanish-speaking families to understand.

The nonprofit state agency has teamed up with the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts to educate high school guidance counselors and families in Springfield and Holyoke about its new Web site and a brochure on financing college, both of which will be available in Spanish in November.”

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16 Oct 05 Conference aims Latinos toward college

“Parents took one step closer to seeing their children attend college when they attended an education conference Saturday at Whittier College. The purpose of the sixth annual conference, presented by the Hispanic Outreach Taskforce, or HOT, Whittier College, Whittier School District and insurance broker Keenan and Associates, was to help parents get their children into college after high school graduation.

HOT president Mary Romero said a study showed the percentage of Latino children who dropped out of high school between their junior and senior years was 27 percent, which she said is a significant improvement from previous years.”

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15 Oct 05 Latino college workshop touts higher education

“On the eve of a four-day national conference exploring the barriers to higher education for Latinos, about 600 Valley high-schoolers got a taste of college life.

“So many Latino kids don’t view college as something they can aspire to,” Phoenix College counselor Fred Amador said. “But they need to see that a college degree is within reach, and that they can get the support they need on campus to do well.” “

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14 Oct 05 Hispanic priority: Education of children

“FORT MONMOUTH â€” The education of children is an important challenge for this country’s large and growing Hispanic population, Rep. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., said at an annual luncheon to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month.

“Too many do not finish their secondary education, and too few enter college,” said Menendez, who, because of his post as chairman of the Democratic Caucus, is the highest-ranking Hispanic in congressional history.”

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14 Oct 05 Hispanics find room to grow at college

“North Lake College’s second annual Festival de la Hispanidad recognizes a growing demographic: About 22 percent of its student population is Hispanic, compared with 18.5 percent in 2003.”

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13 Oct 05 Hispanics, Blacks Unaware of College Financial Aid

“The girls’ comments are similar to those recorded in a 1,000-person survey in August of Florida’s Hispanic and black youth from ages 18 to 24 by a Mason-Dixon poll released Tuesday. In that survey, 66 percent of those who did not attend college said lack of money influenced their decision.

Based on the survey results, black and Hispanic youth aren’t aware of financial-aid opportunities available to them, said Larry Harris, the poll research director”

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13 Oct 05 Core knowledge goes south of the border. Program brings Spanish to cityâ€™s children

“Felix Arredando remembered his English, even though he lived for two years in Mexico between the first and fourth grades.

â€œMy dad always made me speak English,â€? said Felix, whose Spanish-speaking parents encouraged him to use the English words he had learned at Truscott Elementary School.”

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13 Oct 05 400,000 Hispanic College Grads Entering Market Every Year

October 11, 2005
Source: The Media Audit via K.I.N.S.

From 2002 to 2004 the Hispanic adult population in the 87 metropolitan markets surveyed by The Media Audit increased by 16 percent while the number of Hispanic college graduates increased by 22 percent.

â€œThe number of Hispanic college graduates increased by 806,000 from approximately 3.6 million to 4.4 million. The 4.4 million includes more than 1.3 million with advanced degrees,â€? said Bob Jordan, president of International Demographics, Inc., a 34-year-old market research firm which produces The Media Audit. The surveys cover only adults age 18 plus.

In the markets surveyed there are approximately 48.3 million adults with â€œone or more college degrees.â€? That figure is up from 46.5 million recorded in 2002. The 48.3 million is 35 percent of the total adult population in the 87 markets surveyed which is137.5 million adults.

In the most recent survey, 20.9 percent of Hispanic adults had â€œone or more college degrees.â€? Thatâ€™s up from 19.8 percent in 2002 and 18.9 percent in 2000.

Demographic Difference
The Hispanic college graduate can be easily distinguished from college graduates in the general population. As a group they are significantly younger. In the general population 38.4 percent of college graduates are age 50 plus. Among Hispanics just 23.0 percent of college graduates are age 50 plus.

The media habits of the Hispanic college graduates are also significantly different. Just 21.5 percent of all college educated adults are heavy radio listeners (180 minutes or more per/day) while 26.8 percent of college educated Hispanics are heavy radio listeners. Among those who report not being heavy listeners to radio, 24.2 percent of all college graduates report average weekday use compared to 26.1 among Hispanic college graduates.

Twenty percent of all college graduates are heavy readers of newspapers (1 hour or more per day) and 18.9 percent of college educated Hispanics are heavy newspaper readers. However, more than 50 percent of the Hispanic graduates read a newspaper on an average weekday and 39.6 percent read a newspaper on an average Sunday compared to 41.0 percent and 31.4 percent among all graduates.

Incomes of Hispanic Graduates
â€œThe incomes of Hispanic college graduates and incomes of all college graduates are probably more comparable than most people would expect,â€? says Jordan. Sixty-three and one half percent of all college graduates have an annual income of $50,000 or more. Among Hispanic college graduates, 63.2 percent have annual incomes of $50,000 or more. Among all college graduates, 42.8 percent have incomes of $75,000 or more while 41.7 percent of Hispanic college graduates have achieved the same income level. There are 26.7 percent of all college graduates and 24.1 percent of Hispanic college graduates with household incomes of $100,000 or more. The greatest difference between the two groups is among those earning $150,000 or more annually. Approximately 11 percent of all college graduates and 8.4 percent of Hispanic graduates fit into that income classification. â€œSome of the difference in the $150,000 classification,â€? says Jordan â€œmay be attributable to the fact that Hispanic graduates as a group are younger than all college graduates taken as a group.â€?

Enormous Market Differences
â€œRarely do we see the market-to-market difference we find in the study of Hispanic college graduates,â€? says Jordan. When we view all 87 metropolitan markets in the aggregate, we find 20.9

percent of all Hispanic adults have a college degree, but, when the 87 markets are viewed individually that percentage varies from a high of 45.7 in Raleigh-Durham to less than 10 percent in eight markets.

â€œItâ€™s important to note that some of the markets with the greatest number of Hispanics have enormous differences in the percentage with a college education,â€? says Jordan.

The four markets with the largest Hispanic populations are New York City, Los Angeles, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale and Chicago. More than 33 percent of the Hispanics in Miami and 31.7 percent of those in Chicago have at least one college degree. By contrast, 22.0 percent of Hispanics in New York City and just 15.3 percent in Los Angeles have a college degree.

â€œThis contrast,â€? says Jordan â€œrepeats itself time and again throughout the 87 markets. Boston and Atlanta have approximately the same number of Hispanic adults (288,000 & 268,000). But 38.4 percent of Hispanics in Atlanta have a college degree compared to 29.4 percent in Boston.â€?

The Data Source
The Media Audit, a syndicated media ratings service currently covering more than 80 metropolitan markets, provides qualitative data for media websites as well as for traditional media.

Traditional media â€“ print, broadcast and outdoor â€“ have used The Media Audit data in sales, marketing and management for more than 34 years. In 1998, the survey started providing data on local media websites. The surveys now contain more than 400 fields of qualitative information in addition to quantitative measurements of local web audiences.

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12 Oct 05 400,000 Hispanic College Grads Entering Market Every Year

“From 2002 to 2004 the Hispanic adult population in the 87 metropolitan markets surveyed by The Media Audit increased by 16 percent while the number of Hispanic college graduates increased by 22 percent.

â€œThe number of Hispanic college graduates increased by 806,000 from approximately 3.6 million to 4.4 million. The 4.4 million includes more than 1.3 million with advanced degrees,â€? said Bob Jordan, president of International Demographics, Inc., a 34-year-old market research firm which produces The Media Audit. The surveys cover only adults age 18 plus. “

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12 Oct 05 Language gap grows. Arizona

“Fueled by record immigration, children who have trouble speaking English are among the fastest-growing segments of the school population in Arizona, creating additional challenges for schools here and across the country, two new studies have found.

The vast majority of schoolchildren who can’t speak English well enough to pass proficiency tests are mostly segregated in a relatively small number of schools.”

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12 Oct 05 More kids may get to learn in 2 languages. Seattle

“More Seattle students soon may have a chance to learn the core subjects in both English and a second language.

That approach, known as “dual-language” immersion, is the hallmark of the popular John Stanford International School in Wallingford, which instructs students in English and either Spanish or Japanese. The school, home to the Seattle School District’s only dual-language immersion program, last week was named the nation’s best elementary school overall in the Schools of Distinction Awards competition sponsored by Intel Corp. and Scholastic Corp.”

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12 Oct 05 Schoolâ€™s Latino parents not satisfied. Seattle

“The Everett School District had hoped that a new school year and a new principal would help ease racial tensions at Everett High School, where Latino students and their families last year complained of discriminatory treatment.

Before she started her job in July, Principal Catherine Matthews met with a group of Latino parents to talk about how to meet the needs of their teenagers.”

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12 Oct 05 It takes an education to get an education, Latino teens say

“Hispanic teens say they should not be dismissed as being unable or unwilling to learn.

Oscar Lemus, 16, was an honor roll student in his native El Salvador. Since arriving in the United States in 2001, he has been on the honor roll once â€” â€˜â€˜in middle school,â€? said the Gaithersburg High School junior.”

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11 Oct 05 St. Maryâ€™s English program growing

“As the population of immigrants from Central America has skyrocketed in the Annapolis area, so has enrollment in St. Mary’s language classes. The church, which began offering a class to about 10 students in 2002, drew around 100 this fall.

There are at least 2,300 Hispanic immigrants in Annapolis, according to the 2000 census, but the number is believed to be significantly higher since some living here might not have legal immigration status.”

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11 Oct 05 La Bloga: Educating Parents in Either Language

“How to Raise Emotionally Healthy Children is not a literary title. Nonetheless, the book could make a dramatic contribution in a family who reads it. Translated into Spanish as Como Criar NiÃ±os Emocionalmente Sanos, the book promotes a wealth of ideas and guidance that any family can put into action.”

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11 Oct 05 Good Customer Service â€” Bilinguallyâ€™

“As more companies need employees who can speak at least a little Spanish, Truckee Meadows Community College is offering shorter, more general and less expensive courses.

Until recently, TMCC conducted customized Spanish language training workshops on company premises.”

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11 Oct 05 Antonio Perez: Latinos must seek higher ed for real success

“It is equally urgent for all Latinos to embrace the importance of higher education. Latinos often view early employment, rather than education, as the primary means to socioeconomic advancement. They must understand that a college degree is far more valuable in the long run, increasing the prospect of financial security and opening doors to more rewarding careers.”

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10 Oct 05 Bilingual teachers

“Those ads are placed on Internet job sites at universities in California, Texas and Arizona â€” places that produce more teachers who speak fluent Spanish.

Bilingual teachers are in high demand, not just in Skagit County but also across the United States. At first, the need was in states with the fastest-growing Latino populations, such as Nevada, California and New Mexico. But Latino populations are growing everywhere now, including Skagit County, and so has the need for more bilingual teachers.”

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09 Oct 05 Undocumented and Stuck In Community College

“Undocumented students who can’t pay afford university costs are stranded in the community college system if they want to continue their education, George (Not his real name), is staying comitted to acquiring knowlegde in spite of the obstacles. Lopez, 20, is a graphic designer and staff writer for Silicon Valley Debug.”

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09 Oct 05 Business demand soars for basic Spanish skills

“It’s been two years since a string of phone calls, notes and e-mails started pouring into the Whittier Adult School office, asking when the school might start offering an evening class in basic Spanish.

At the time, said Principal Leonard Rivera, there were no plans in the works for such a class because it doesn’t receive state funding to offer foreign language classes except for students who need it for their high school diplomas.”

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09 Oct 05 Vista Unified pushes English immersion program

“The Vista Unified School District has all but given up on its dual-language strategy of educating Spanish-speaking students and has been moving to a “structured immersion” program to help them learn English more quickly, officials said last week.

The change comes roughly seven years after voters approved a ballot measure that outlawed bilingual education, but that allowed districts such as Vista Unified to continue the programs if parents signed waivers requesting them.”

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09 Oct 05 Outreach paves the way for young Latina. Washington

“When Olivia Salazar de Breaux, 29, was growing up, her Mexican-born parents were discouraged from teaching her Spanish.

The other Hispanic girls at Timberline High School intimidated her because she didn’t speak the language or know much about the culture.”

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09 Oct 05 The word on campus: Spanish spoken here. Lawrence, Mass

“LAWRENCE — Walk down the halls of this community college, and you’ll probably hear Spanish. Students like Dominican-born Jeison King, 19, sit in lectures alongside classmates from Puerto Rico. Instructors like Emily Y. Ferguson Gonzalez go out of their way to give bilingual tutoring in biology or basic study skills. Whole families with first-generation college students come in to discuss financial aid options.

At this two-year college, nearly half of the student body is Latino. And those demographics have allowed the school to be designated by the US Department of Education as a ”Hispanic Serving Institution” — a designation usually given to universities in the Southwest.”

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09 Oct 05 Encuentros conference coaches Latino boys on world of work

“SAN MARCOS —- Young Latinos heard a message from their older, successful counterparts Saturday morning: They can and must “be the best.” About 600 Latino boys from across North County, mostly middle school students, gathered at Mission Hills High School in San Marcos to learn about the world of work.

The annual career conference was the second presented by Encuentros Leadership of North San Diego County, a nonprofit organization founded in 2003 that encourages self-respect and academic excellence in Latino boys.”

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09 Oct 05 Latino boys told to â€˜Stay in the Gameâ€™

“”I used to wear Dickies and hairnets and run around with the wrong crowd,” Domingo Camarano told a room full of Latino boys. “But in fifth grade, I was shot. And I realized I needed to change course.”

Camarano â€“ now an MBA graduate and financial consultant â€“ was one of more than 50 mentors who spoke at “Stay in the Game,” a conference promoting education and career exploration for middle-and high-school-aged Latino males.”

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07 Oct 05 news – Linking Latinos and schools

“Ames is the community facilitator for Newport-Mesa, the official liaison between the school district and its Spanish-speaking parents.

For the past 16 years, Ames has worked in one of Orange County’s most Hispanic communities, helping parents become familiar with this country’s educational system.”

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06 Oct 05 ahora vamos a contar: is the neighborhood or the culture?

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“soy maestra bilingÃ¼e del primer grado en una primaria en tejas. i am a bilingual first-grade teacher at an elementary school in texas.”

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02 Oct 05 Albor Ruiz: CUNYâ€™s boost for Mexicans

A few days ago, the Mexican Consulate and the City University of New York entered into an innovative – and very smart – contract.
A memorandum of understanding was signed by Mexican Consul General Arturo Sarukhan and CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein. One of its purposes is to make it easier for members of the city’s Mexican [...]

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02 Oct 05 Flood of students taking Spanish tests collegesâ€™ teaching resources

More than half of all students who take a foreign language in college take Spanish. Not just in California. Not just in Florida. Not just in New York.
Since the North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect in 1994, college enrollment in Spanish classes has climbed steadily as fluency in the language becomes a more [...]

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02 Oct 05 Hispanic hiring gap at schools. Palm Beach, Florida

About 22 percent of students in elementary and secondary schools are Hispanic, up from 17 percent in 2000. But just 30 of the county’s more than 500 principals and assistant principals are Hispanic, or about 6 percent. While a few schools have two Hispanic administrators, most have none.
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02 Oct 05 Hispanic students push enrollment skyward. North Carolina

DURHAM — Glenn Elementary School in northern Durham employs three English as a Second Language teachers to help its burgeoning Hispanic student population learn English and keep up with their classmates.
The school also offers translators at all PTA meetings, and sends home information to parents in both English and Spanish.
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30 Sep 05 Spanish educator is stateâ€™s teacher of the year

A passion for teaching Spanish earned a Washington Township educator the honor of 2006 Indiana Teacher of the Year.

State education officials surprised Louisa LaGrotto with the award this morning at Westlane Middle School, where sheâ€™s cultivated a world language culture among her sixth- through eight-grade pupils at the Northside Indianapolis district.

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30 Sep 05 Meet tomorrowâ€™s Einsteins

Students from Brightwood Elementary School in Monterey Park and Ann Street Elementary School in Los Angeles participated in the event, designed to spark students’ interest in science and technology. The program was put on by IBM and JPL’s office of Minority Education Initiatives as part of IBM’s fifth annual La Familia Technology Week.

Lorraine Melendez, co-chair of the Hispanic Diversity Network Group at IBM, said the La Familia activities were created in the hope of exposing more Latino children and families to the importance of science, technology and computers. The program has evolved over the years to include additional emphasis on the variety of careers children can pursue with the proper math and science education, she said.

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29 Sep 05 Sororities for Latinas encourage unity, support

Whether you consider yourself to be Latino/a, Chicano/a, Mexicano/a, or Hispanic one thing you can count on is having a support group at UCD. Unidad, comunidad, gente, educaciÃ³n y Ã©xito. todas estas son palabras que describen las organizaciones de Latinos de UCD. Unity, community, the people education and success are all words that describe the Latino organizations at UCD. Unity and togetherness are two of the most powerful values that are held within Latino families and communities. The same stands true for the Latino organizations on campus. It is groups like UMAS MEChA and Lambda Theta Nu Sorority who live out the definition of unity. Although the two organizations differ, in some ways they are more alike than not.

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29 Sep 05 CUNY to Expand Opportunities for Mexican-Americans

The chancellor of the City University of New York signed an agreement with Mexicoâ€™s consul general in New York to try to expand educational opportunities for Mexican Americans, reports the New York Times.

Under the agreement, CUNY, with the help of the consulate will offer a scholarship program; radio, television and other advertising; contacts with high schools with large populations of students of Mexican ancestry; a training program for community leaders; and a bilingual Web site. â€œEducation is the key to economic, social and political advancement for any immigrant community,â€? said Arturo Sarukhan, the consul general. â€œWeâ€™re trying to use a wide-barreled shotgun to address a number of issues at the same time.â€?

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28 Sep 05 Hispanics challenge schools to meet needs

Hispanic students and their families have spent too much time as a silent, suffering minority in public schools, Palm Beach County Hispanic leaders told school board member Debra Robinson on Tuesday.

Like black students, Hispanic ones are suspended more often than whites, do worse on standardized tests, drop out more frequently and are classified as disabled disproportionately. And they are easily overlooked and under-informed because many parents don’t know English and the students may still be learning to speak it, Robinson was told.

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28 Sep 05 Latino parents share culture

SYLMAR – In a bungalow at Gridley Elementary School, applause erupts as Marcela Jimenez finishes telling the legend of La China Poblana, a tale tracing the traditional dress of her hometown to an Indian of Mongolian origin.

“Ladies, can you imagine, this legend of La China Poblana?” another mother says in Spanish to the dozen-or-so immigrant mothers sitting attentively, some on child-sized chairs.

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26 Sep 05 The changing face and language of Lincoln students. Lincoln, Nebraska

It also is a reflection of what LPS is becoming: an increasingly diverse district in which the growth of Hispanic students has outpaced that of every other minority group.

In the past five years, the number of Hispanic students in the district has grown 69 percent â€” from 1,026 to 1,737 â€” compared to a 45 percent increase in the number of African American students, the second fastest-growing student minority.

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26 Sep 05 Hispanic parents must mentor their children, Holland superintendent says

Parents must take more responsibility in the lives of their children, nurturing them early in life so they know how to succeed later, Holland Public Schools Superintendent Frank Garcia said.

“I believe, in some cases, our young people are not advancing and it’s due to their self-imposed circumstances,” Garcia said Saturday during the fourth annual Hispanic Leader Conference at West Ottawa High School’s south campus. “In many cases, this begins at home.”

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25 Sep 05 Educators swap strategies in San Marcos

Hundreds of educators from north and south of the U.S.-Mexico border met at Cal State San Marcos on Saturday to discuss their teaching styles and how their proximity to the border affects local education.
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The conference, dubbed “Crossing Borders: Education for a New World,” was the fifth annual gathering of its type at CSUSM. Nearly 300 educators, half from Baja California and half from San Diego and Riverside counties, attended the event.

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25 Sep 05 Latino education report shows disparities in San Diego Countys

A few rays of light are starting to appear, but the news was mostly bleak in a report presented Saturday on the state of educational achievement for Latino students in San Diego County.

The report, presented to about 250 educators, parents and students at the 10th annual Latino Education Summit in San Diego, showed significant performance gaps between Latino students and the other racial and ethnic groups at public schools in the county.

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25 Sep 05 Hispanics get school â€˜PRIDEâ€™. Florida

Thousands of Hispanic students are learning to navigate an educational system very different from the one they left.

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25 Sep 05 Hispanic government class has few takers

KISSIMMEE — The city is having trouble attracting participants to its Hispanic School of Government. This seeming apathy has public officials scratching their heads as nearly 50 percent of the population is Hispanic and Latino leaders frequently point out the lack of Hispanic elected officials in the city.

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24 Sep 05 â€˜The Shame of the Nationâ€™: Separate and Unequal – New York Times

But along with his familiar theme of the inadequacy of the education we provide the children of the poor and minorities, he has a new focus in this book – the return of a substantial degree of segregation in our urban schools. Black and Hispanic students, he writes, are concentrated in schools where they make up almost the entire student body. (I should say that I once opposed the use of the word “segregation” to cover both the state-imposed separation of the races in the South and the concentration of minority students in schools outside the South, which arises for a number of reasons, but that is a lost cause – today we use “segregation” for both.)

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23 Sep 05 Latina Lista: La L Lista: Home Help; Latino Childrenâ€™s Literacy Project

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23 Sep 05 Carlyle to acquire Mexican private university Universidad Latinoamericana

US private equity giant The Carlyle Group is to acquire a majority participation in Mexican private university Universidad Latinoamericana. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.

ULA has two campuses in Mexico City and one in Cuernavaca, Morelos. It offers programmes ranging from high school to 12 undergraduate degrees, six masters degrees and one PhD.

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22 Sep 05 Early Literacy Program, Lee Y SerÃ¡s (Read and You Will Be), Launches Nationally To Address Latino Literacy and the Achievement Gap

Responding to the urgent need to promote reading achievement among Latino youth, Scholastic, National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and the Verizon Foundation today launch Lee y serÃ¡s,(R) (Read and You Will Be) a groundbreaking Latino early literacy initiative that engages parents and communities in the literacy development of their children. Latinos represent almost 20% of the U.S. population under the age of 18 — the largest minority segment of the nationâ€™s student population. Currently, Hispanic achievement rates in all levels of education remain low. Latino students tend to lag behind their non-Latino peers academically, particularly in the area of reading, a skill that has a direct impact on learning. 60% of Latino 8th graders and 57% of Latino 4th graders read below the basic level, an achievement gap that often begins before children enter school. Early literacy skills remain a strong indicator of educational success and — because the fate of any society depends on how well it prepares its youth for the future — business and community leaders have collaborated on this innovative new approach to Latino literacy and achievement.

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22 Sep 05 Focus on Spanish instruction in primary grades boosts learning and test scores, officials say

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22 Sep 05 St. Thomas University to Offer M.A. in Communication Arts with Hispanic Media Media Specialization

This is interesting.

The first program of its kind, it was developed in response to the growing Hispanic media market and offers the only comprehensive, bi-lingual education in communications subjects which vary from Hispanic Events Management to Creative Processes in Visual Imaging. The latest experts to join the St. Thomas team are former editor of Buenos Aires Daily and film actor, Raul Urtizberea, Ph.D. who teaches Periodismo Escrito and Pascual Otazu, Ph.D., a recognized authority on contemporary values, who teaches Management Ethics.

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22 Sep 05 High Point Mayor to Address Latino Higher Education Concerns Sept. 27

The Sallie Mae Fund’s Paying for College Bus Tour will be in High Point and Thomasville, N.C. to help Latino families understand how to prepare and pay for college. The tour enables Latino students and their families to access free resources and information on scholarships, grants, loans and federal aid in both Spanish and English, as well as attend a workshop on financial aid presented by recent college graduates. The Mayor will speak about the plight of Latinos in higher education, and hand out college scholarships to workshop attendees.

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22 Sep 05 CUNY Signs a Deal to Expand Educational Opportunities for Mexican-Americans – New York Times

Mexicans and Mexican-Americans account for fewer than 2,000 of the 200,000 undergraduates at the City University of New York. But they are one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups in New York. Yesterday, CUNY’s chancellor signed an agreement with Mexico’s consul general in New York to try to expand educational opportunities for this group.

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22 Sep 05 DoD Selects Hispanic Serving Institutions for Grants

The Department of Defense announced today plans to award 17 grants totaling $4.4 million to 15 Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs).

These grants will be made under the fiscal 2005 DoD Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions Infrastructure Support Program. The grants will enhance programs and capabilities at these HSIs in scientific disciplines critical to national security and the DoD.

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21 Sep 05 Mom studies English at her kidsâ€™ school

Each morning, after dropping off her two children at Silveyville Elementary School in Dixon, Maria Alcaraz becomes a student herself at the school.

While her children settle in for another day of school, Alcaraz heads to a pair of portables at the edge of campus to learn English through the Dixon Unified School District’s Community-Based English Tutoring program.

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21 Sep 05 The University of Arkansas student population reached another all-time high with 17,821 students on campus, campus leaders announced Tuesday.

Officials are particularly pleased with the growth in Hispanic enrollment, which grew from 298 last year to 372 this fall, a 25 percent increase. Hispanic freshmen increased 42 percent over last year to 78 students. Hispanics account for 2.1 percent of the student body.

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20 Sep 05 Latinos at Cholla get social consciousness and even improve their AIMS scores. Arizona

Kim Dominguez was on the verge of dropping out of school when she enrolled in an experimental project for failing students at Cholla High Magnet School.

Under the Social Justice Education Project, she and her classmates looked at issues of social injustice and what they could do to fix problems at Cholla.

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20 Sep 05 Latino studies program fails to make an impression on SU campus

At a reception held Saturday for Latino alumni, professors and students, senior computer science major Zulay Olivo found herself at a loss for words.

After the 15 attendees made self-introductions, they began a discussion which dovetailed into a spirited debate about race, culture, class and the future of Syracuse University’s Latin American/Latino studies program.

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19 Sep 05 New school material highlights Latinos

The DVD and booklet highlight the accomplishments of seven local Latinos. The list includes NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez, who was raised in Stockton and now lives in Houston; Dr. Guillermo VicuÃ±a, founder of Su Salud in Stockton; Chief Dolores Delgado of the Lathrop Police Department; retired teacher Jose Barron of Manteca; retired priest William C. Hughes of Stockton; the late Julian Sepulveda, a deacon from Stockton; and Tino Adame Jr., a military veteran in Stockton.

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19 Sep 05 SDSU Graduate Engineering Program Ranks No. 4 in Nation for Hispanics

The graduate engineering program at San Diego State University ranks No. 4 in the nation for Hispanics, according to the September issue of Hispanic Business magazine.

In a field of study where Hispanics remain disproportionately underrepresented nationwide, â€œwe are benefiting from a long history of working hard and successfully to attract and graduate an increasingly diverse student body,â€? said College of Engineering Dean David Hayhurst. Hispanics make up 17.7 percent of graduate engineering students at San Diego State.

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19 Sep 05 Latino studies hosts open house – The Daily Illini

With more than 40 professors and students in attendance, Latina/Latino studies kicked off its academic year with great enthusiasm and food at their 10th annual open house Friday.

Despite the packed house, students and faculty alike came together and engaged in conversation and laughter

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19 Sep 05 Learning English isnâ€™t enough

A recent immigrant from Mexico, his inaugural class at Dixon High was also his first in the United States.

Now as a senior, he’s earned more than enough credits to graduate, and with an academic record of mostly As and Bs. He’s one of the top leaders in the school’s Chicano Studies club, works part-time and dreams of becoming a doctor.

But despite his best efforts, there’s a good chance the 18-year-old won’t graduate from Dixon High School.

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19 Sep 05 Foreign languages pay off for graduates

In December, before graduating from Baylor University in Texas, Schirding was just a name in a pile of applications for the position of executive assistant at Nashville Bun Co. That was before her ability to speak Spanish caught the eye of a recruiter at the baking company.

Schirding is part of a growing number of new hires valued by employers because of their foreign-language skills. The bilingual Schirding was hired two days before graduation.

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18 Sep 05 Phoenix-Talentâ€™s dual-language program

The Phoenix-Talent School District operates one of only a few dual-language programs in the state that teach children in English and Spanish, building reading, writing and speaking skills in both languages.

“Itâ€™s a real attempt to bridge the chasm and have both groups learn a new language,” Phoenix Elementary Principal Zuna Johnson said. “Itâ€™s a vision of how education could be wonderful for all kids.”

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16 Sep 05 Puerto Rican growth impacts campus

A new course on the history of Puerto Rico is being offered at UCF this semester so students can explore and learn about the Puerto Rican culture.

“There are a large percentage of Hispanic students who attend UCF,” said Luis Martinez-Fernandez, director of the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies program at UCF. “Out of that percentage, approximately 7 to 8 percent are Puerto Ricans

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15 Sep 05 CompassLearning Unveils Math Products for Spanish Market

CompassLearning Inc., a WRC Media Company and winner of a 2005 Codie Award, is launching the latest addition to its Odyssey product suite — CompassLearning Odyssey Matematicas. In an effort to meet the needs of a large percentage of the 5.5 million children who are English language learners and whose first language is Spanish, CompassLearning will launch the first level of the product specifically for this market, K-4 math curriculum, in October of this year.

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15 Sep 05 Report: Poor get greenest teachers

It’s not a secret: Schools in affluent neighborhoods are often filled with experienced teachers, while schools serving overwhelmingly low-income, Latino and African-American students tend to be staffed by young teachers just beginning their careers.

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14 Sep 05 PacifiCare Awards $190,000 in Scholarships Through the Third Annual Latino Health Scholars Program

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13 Sep 05 Chicano Studies Has a Bit of Something for Everyone

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13 Sep 05 Hispanic financial aid is below national average

(U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas – When Dora Frias was ready to attend college, she had difficulty finding a way to pay for it.

“Both of my parents were born outside of the United States,” said Frias, a senior kinesiology major at Texas A&M University. “Nobody in my family knew how to find ways to get help.”

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12 Sep 05 Where languages meet Med : Dual immersion key classroom method FOR PAS: Dual immersion in languages key classroom tool

Just two days after kicking off a new school year, Phyllis Martinez’ s second-grade class at Aeolian Elementary School already had settled into a familiar groove.

One group of students was reading, another was learning vocabulary words, and several approached Martinez for her help at which point, she put aside what she was doing to ask, “Que pasa?’

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12 Sep 05 Bicultural from the start. Immersion now will mean advantages later in diverse society, educators say

No matter what language they speak, hundreds of area kindergartners will be taught primarily in Spanish this year.

By fifth grade, they will be completely bilingual, biliterate and bicultural attributes expected to give them an advantage as adults in a diverse society. And the initial struggle to study in two languages is expected to increase their brain power and academic prowess.

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12 Sep 05 State education- budget cuts could hurt Latino community Governorâ€™s office. California

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12 Sep 05 More Hispanics entering stateâ€™s public universities

The rate of Hispanic students enrolling in Florida’s public universities continues to surge, say state officials.

About 45,500 Hispanic students registered for college classes in the state, a 7.5 percent increase when compared with the first day of classes in 2004, says Florida Board of Governors Chairwoman Carolyn Roberts. Since 1998, Hispanic enrollment has grown by 47.7 percent.

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11 Sep 05 Junior Achievement launches program to encourage Hispanic students to stay in school

Junior Achievement of Northwest Arkansas plans to unveil a new program designed to help Hispanic students this year. “Economics for Success â€” Hispanic Initiative” will provide students with a video, board game and other materials which will emphasize the importance of staying in school and the economic benefits of being educated. The materials will be written in Spanish.

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10 Sep 05 Most minority enrollment still low at U-C Berkeley

Only three percent of incoming freshman this fall at the University of California, Berkeley, are black.

That’s better than last year, but distressing to the school’s leaders. About eleven percent of the four-thousand freshmen will be Hispanic, and roughly 47 percent Asian-American.

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10 Sep 05 The UTEP College of Engineering has the countryâ€™s top engineering graduate program for Hispanics, according to a just-released ranking by Hispanic Business magazine.

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09 Sep 05 Mexican immigrantsâ€™ offspring gaining ground in classroom

The grandchildren of Mexican immigrants are getting more education than their parents or grandparents, but they still lag behind Asians and whites in California when it comes to earning college diplomas, according to a study released Thursday by the Public Policy Institute of California.

The study found that 86 percent of second-generation Mexican-American adults ages 25 to 49 in the state have completed high school, compared to 25 percent for their parents, said Deborah Reed, an author of the study.

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09 Sep 05 Reading Mayor Speaks on Latino Higher Education Concerns in Support of the Sallie Mae Fundâ€™s Nationwide Bus Tour

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