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Current News LA High School’s Drop-Out Rate Highlights Problems Amid the verdant lawn and leafy trees of the tidy Jefferson Senior High School campus, you'll see something troubling: a police officer patrols the grounds and a sign warns that guns are illegal. Aug 20, 2008, 11:47
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Current News Judge Backs English-Only Rule but Scolds Both Sides A Catholic school's policy that requires students to speak only English while in school does not in itself create a hostile learning environment, a federal judge ruled Friday. Aug 20, 2008, 11:37
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Current News Association Calls Summit on Education The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) will convene its fourth annual summit on the state of education for Latino students, September 22-24, the NALEO Educational Fund has announced. Aug 20, 2008, 11:14
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Current News NC Board to Discuss Admitting Immigrants North Carolina community college leaders who will be meeting later this week plan to discuss whether to admit undocumented immigrants to degree programs after federal officials told the college system it was up to the state, a newspaper reported on Aug. 11. Aug 13, 2008, 13:42
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Current News A Foot In Two Worlds I appreciate the opportunity to be asked to participate in Diverse¡¯s ¡°The Academy Speaks¡± blog series but I have to admit that I am hesitant about what I have to offer. Aug 13, 2008, 13:38
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Current News Cornell Professor Receives Grant to Explore Entrepreneurship The Johnson School at Cornell University announced that Wesley Sine, assistant professor of management and organizations, received a grant from the Cisco Entrepreneur Institute, an initiative of Cisco Systems, Inc. focused on fostering entrepreneurship. Aug 13, 2008, 13:34
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Current News La Raza Health-Care Program Awarded for Excellence The Carreras en Salud program of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, received the U.S. Department of Labor's Recognition of Excellence Award for "tapping talents of special populations in the workforce" at the 2008 Workforce Innovations Conference on Aug. 6. Aug 13, 2008, 13:27
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Current News Doctoral Students Do Education Internships Eulalia Gonzales, identified as Navajo/Mexican, works with teachers in the Services for Exceptional Students department in the Gallup McKinley County School District. Aug 13, 2008, 12:48
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Current News Probe: Fed Employees May Have Bought Fake Degrees Immigration officials are looking through a list of more than 9,000 names to see how many federal employees may have bought a phony high school or college degree from a Spokane, Wash.-based diploma mill. Aug 6, 2008, 14:38
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Current News Course Helps Foster Hispanic-Jewish Bonds When Randy Brown visited Hispanic Pentecostal congregations in Southern California, he was stunned by displays of Star-of-David flags, fervent prayers for peace in Israel and Hebrew words in their church names. Aug 6, 2008, 14:35
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Current News Hispanic Caucus Applauds Higher Education Bill The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) applauded the passage of the Higher Education Reauthorization Act, H.R. 4137, on July 31 by a vote of 380-49 in the House and 83-8 in the Senate. The bill now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. Aug 6, 2008, 14:33
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Current News Homeland Security and UT Brownsville Reach Accord on Campus Border Fence The University of Texas at Brownsville and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reached an agreement this week barring the government from condemning any university land and committing the school to beefing up security along its existing fence, according to wire reports... Aug 6, 2008, 14:29
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Current News Texas Education Agency to Appeal Bilingual Ruling The state education agency said it plans to ask Attorney General Greg Abbott to appeal a federal judge's ruling requiring the state of Texas to improve bilingual education programs for secondary school students, according to media reports. Jul 30, 2008, 11:41
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Current News Delaware Professor Awarded Competitive Fellowship Rosalie Rolon-Dow, assistant professor of education at the University of Delaware, has received a prestigious and highly competitive Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship for next year. Jul 30, 2008, 11:14
