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Ill. Board of Education Chair Ruiz, State Senator Lightford & State Representative

Dr. Elba Garcia and Domingo Garcia to Co-Chair the 2009 Parents Step Ahead ‘Parent of Year’ Gala!

SoMoCoCAT Offers Latino Farmworker Communities Free Digital Media Training – California

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 17th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

The Howard County School System and an advocacy group that focuses on Hispanic student achievement plan to renew a partnership Friday with the hopes of lowering dropout rates and encouraging academic success. – Maryland

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 12th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

In New Mexico, a majority Hispanic state, a 54% high school dropout rate translated to 13,800 young people in 2008. – Meeting addresses Hispanic education ‘crisis’

Walmart Helps Even More Hispanics Achieve Their Educational Dreams

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 3rd, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 1st, 2009 :: 5 minute to empowerment

MTV TR3S TAKES AN IN DEPTH LOOK INSIDE THE HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT CRISIS WITH THE PREMIERE OF YEARBOOK CHRONICLES ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 AT 2PM EST

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 26th, 2009

Fundacion Azteca America Launches Multimedia Education Campaign ‘Educacion: Es Tu Futuro!’

Hispanic National Association of Evangelicals Identifies Seven Priorities for America’s Fastest Growing Religious Demographic

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: June 24th, 2009

Wal-Mart Foundation Provides $1.65 Million for ASPIRA to Address U.S. Latino Dropout Rate

Hispanic y Latino News for Thursday June 4th, 2009

Five New Cities Added to National Hispanic Family Literacy Program

State Farm® boosts commitment to solving Latino dropout rate

Azteca America and University of Denver Latino Center Present State of Latinos Report on Capitol Hill to Obama and McCain Representatives

University of Denver and Fundacion Azteca America Release Report Calling for a Presidential Commission on Latino Issues

United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Pushes “Return on Investment” Regarding Education Reform for Hispanics at White House Summit

Wal-Mart’s Commitment to Higher Education Serves as Platform for Hispanic Heritage Month

State of Latinos in America; University of Denver and Grupo Salinas’ Fundacion Azteca America Present Preliminary Findings of Agenda Latino White Paper – Full Report to Be Issued in Washington D.C. on September 23

Overall, 43% of Hispanic students in 2007 graduated in four years, compared to 41% in 2006 and 37.4% in 2005, an increase of 5.6 points. – New York City (while an increase is encouraging the percentage is still under 50%!!!)

Mexican American Scientist Named National Hispanic Scientist of the Year – Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff

Blogante Essentails for Thursday – July 17th, 2008

24% of California high school students drop out – 30.3% of Hispanics!!!

LULAC Receives $1 Million Grant From AT&T

Blogante News for Thursday – June 26th, 2008

Hispanics lead dropout rates in Beaumont, Texas

Puerto Rican festival canceled – Springfield, Massachusetts

Closing the Culture Gap Can Help Latino Students Learn, Professor Says

Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff, has been named MOSI’s 2008 National Hispanic Scientist of the Year. – Museum of Science and Industry

Blogante News for Monday – April 21st, 2008

AT&T Launches $100 Million Philanthropic Education Program, Job Shadowing for 100,000 Students, Research and Community Engagement Support to Address High School Dropout Crisis

Latino issues go beyond immigration, report says – Education tops agenda, with health care, housing also priorities

Blogante News for Thursday – April 10th, 2008

Oregon’s Dropout Rate Continues to Climb – (except for Hispanics YET the graduation rate is only 63.7%)

Blogante News for Monday – April 7th, 2008

Language Program Aims to Keep Hispanic Students in School – Raleigh, North Carolina

UMass study: Latino students improve on MCAS; dropout, absence rates high

Lexicon Marketing :: Profesiones sin Barreras(TM) Is a New Bilingual Vocational School From Lexicon(R) Marketing Group That Will Increase the Job Skills of the Hispanic Workforce

Activists take over L.A. streets celebrating 1968 ‘blowouts’ – Thousands re-enact the East Los Angeles high school boycotts by marching from Lincoln H.S. to Hazard Park. – Los Angeles

Strike Deals Blow to Puerto Rico Schools

New Book Blames Latino Culture for High Drop-Out Rate

Speak only English on the school bus? – Nevada

Spanish Town to Pay Kids to Read

Teens Rewarded For Innovative Social Ventures to Help Latinos Stay in School

Foreign Policy: How Slim Got Huge – (Carlos Slim that is)

Business leaders say Latinos need vouchers – Utah

Blogante Headlines for Tuesday – October 30th, 2007

Blogante Headlines for Wednesday – October 24th, 2007

Obama Concerned Over Latino Dropout Rate

Rev. Luis Cortes, Jr. Announces .003% Drop-Out Rate – Philadelphia

Hispanic Scholarship Fund Inducts Five Exemplary Latinos into its Prestigious Alumni Hall of Fame

Blogante Headlines for Friday – October 5th, 2007

Hillary’s Hispanic Agenda: Una Vida Mejor Para Todos

QUOTE: “We need all of the children in this country to learn Spanish at an early age, not English only,” Kucinich said.

Clinton aims to cut Hispanic dropout rate by 50 percent

Innovative School Programs Help Prepare Hispanic Students for College and Career Success – New Report Examines Five Model High Schools Providing a High Quality Education

Burns film’s just 1 example of bad times for Latinos

Blogante News for Tuesday – September 11th, 2007

John Edwards for President-Edwards Introduces Opportunity Agenda For Latino Americans – Plan will strengthen schools so that every child can live the American Dream

SRC needs a Latino member – Philadelphia

Education is top issue in Latino poll on ‘08 – Maria Elena Salinas

New Poll: Latino Voters Will Be Most Impacted by Presidential Candidates Positions on Education

MOSI HONORS DEAN OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AS 2007 NATIONAL HISPANIC SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR

Eva Longoria Talks Empowering Latinas, Her Upcoming Mexican Wedding in Paris, Hosting the ALMA Awards, and more, in the June/July issue of Latina Magazine–On newsstands May 22, 2007

Hispanic CREO Reports U.S. Chamber of Commerce State-by-State Education Report Card a Wake-up Call for Education Reform

Nashua targets Latino dropouts – New Hampshire

Hispanic youths must improve academically

Companies Feted for Encouraging Hispanic Women at Work

Drop-Out Rate a Crisis for Texas

Local Hispanic students getting boost of confidence with advanced placement tests – Waco, Texas

Hispanic Pastors Gather to Support School Choice – Texas

For Hispanic Parents, Lessons on Helping With the Homework

Junior Achievement of New York Receives $25,000 Boost from Verizon for Educational Initiative to Encourage Hispanic Youths to Stay in School

Latinos and mental health needs

Experts see education crisis looming as Latino population surges in Texas

U.S. treasurer urges Latinos to aid those seeking college

Bridges Transitions’ Spanish-Language Choices Planner Aspire Hispanic Students for Career Success

Educators urged to get Latino families involved in school in Aurora, Illinois

Hispanic leaders plead for solutions to high dropout rate in Collier, Florida

Connecticut Graduation Rate Exception: Hispanics

Educators look at needs of Hispanic students in New York

Program offers Texas students Mexican courses

Hispanic Drop Out Rate Concerns Chicago Schools in Illinois

Schools Urged to Do More to Aid Latinos in Virginia

Brownwood native to come home to tout education at college, job fair Saturday in Abilene, Texas

Groups battle truancy, dropout rates among Hispanics in Columbia, South Carolina

More Hispanic lawyers urged

Hispanic Group Alarmed By Drop-Out Statistics in Chicago, Illinois

More than seven percent of Hispanic high school students in Prince George’s County public schools dropped out in 2004-05, logging the highest dropout rate for any ethnic group and nearly doubling the dropout rate for the previous year. Maryland

Latina Lista: Would A Change in Child Labor Laws Reduce the High School Dropout Rate?

While most immigrant teenagers stay in school, dropout rate for Mexicans is 28 percent

The University of Texas and the University of Georgia target Latino numbers

Mexicans Grapple With Unique Problems As Immigrant Group, Consul General Says

Albor Ruiz: CUNY’s boost for Mexicans

Lost in translation: Hispanic students caught in the system

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