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Current News 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 7, 2008, 10:54
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Current News Survey: Nearly 60 Percent of Hispanic and Black Children Can’t Swim Nearly 60 percent of Hispanic and African-American children cannot swim, almost twice the figure for White children, according to a first-of-its-kind survey that USA Swimming hopes will strengthen its efforts to lower minority drowning rates and draw more minority children into the sport. May 7, 2008, 10:43
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Current News How Do You Say, ‘May I See Your License?’ Despacito. The echo followed — despacito — as some 18 Lafayette Parish sheriff's deputies mouth the word -- which means “slowly” -- in Spanish for their instructor, Nancy Gomez. Apr 30, 2008, 10:52
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Current News Idaho Hispanic Students Scoring Below Classmates Hispanic students continue to score below their non-Latino counterparts on statewide tests, prompting education initiatives to improve scores and slow a high school dropout rate that is higher than any other ethnic group in Idaho. Apr 30, 2008, 10:35
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Current News Unveiling of Stamp for Latino Journalist Will Be Observed at University of Arizona The University of Arizona’s Media Democracy and Policy Institute will join with the United States Postal Service on Thursday to unveil a stamp commemorating the work of Rubén Salazar, a Latino journalist killed while on assignment in 1970 at the age of 42. Apr 23, 2008, 10:30
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Current News HSI Leaders Appeal For Increased Funding With the White House proposing cuts for their favored programs next year, leaders of Hispanic-serving colleges and universities descended on Washington, D.C., this week to state their case for more, not less, funding for fiscal year 2009. Apr 16, 2008, 23:12
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Current News Senate Pushes Museum of the Latino Closer to Reality The United States Senate has approved legislation that includes authorization to establish a commission to study creation of a National Museum of the American Latino as part of the Smithsonian Institution. Apr 16, 2008, 10:50
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Current News More Needs to Be Done to Make Minority Students Financially Literate, Panel Says Black and Hispanic households are less knowledgeable about their options for financing college, resulting in reduced access to higher education opportunities, said a panel of experts Wednesday at a forum sponsored by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education and the Council for Opportunity in Education. Apr 16, 2008, 10:46
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Current News Minority Doctors Underrepresented in California, Study Finds A new report finds a “vast ethnic disparity in the state’s physician workforce, particularly for Latinos and African Americans,” when compared to the distribution of minority groups in the state’s population. Apr 9, 2008, 10:27
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Current News Book Lets Latino Dropouts in Rural Areas Tell Their Stories A new book, Latino Dropouts in Rural America: Realities and Possibilities, allows former high school students from rural communities in Idaho to tell their own stories about why they left school. Apr 9, 2008, 10:18
