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Here’s Why Miguel Cardona Is Pushing Multilingual Education
By Ileana Najarro | Education Week | NOV. 17, 2023 | Photo By Julia Nikhinson U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona has a few goals he wants to achieve as a result of millions of dollars his department has invested in the last few years into multilingual education. “More students ... -
Uncertainty around DACA program leads to psychological stress for recipients
By Amy McCaig, Rice University | Medical Xpress | NOV. 20, 2023 | Photo By Sheila Fitzgerald After former President Donald Trump announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2017, beneficiaries of it experienced significantly higher levels of distress and post-traumatic stress diagnoses than ... -
CSULB will get all their textbooks for a flat fee under new program
By Maison Tran | Long Beach Post | NOV. 18, 2023 | Photo By Thomas R. Cordova Cal State Long Beach will launch its Equitable Textbook Access (ETA) program next fall, in an effort to make class materials more affordable for all students by providing them access to all their textbooks for ... -
A Mexican American professor who struggled with impostor phenomenon helps others overcome it
By Soudi Jimenez | Los Angeles Times | NOV. 20, 2023 | Photo By Raul Roa The walls of office No. 311 at Loyola Marymount University‘s College of Business Administration are covered with diplomas and awards. They symbolize the many achievements of Angélica S. Gutiérrez and the hardships she overcame to earn them. ... -
Mujeres a las armas: las adelitas y su papel en la Revolución mexicana
Desde distintas trincheras, las soldaderas combatieron contra los más de 30 años de dictadura porfirista Por Omar Barrientos Nieto | El Pais | NOV. 18, 2023 | Foto Cortesia de Archivo Fotográfico Díaz, Delgado y García No se puede contar la historia de la Revolución mexicana sin incluir la participación de mujeres ... -
Left out: Dreamers miss too many education opportunities that could change their lives
All learners deserve a chance, and some new programs are giving them the boost they need By Chris Aviles & Jefferson Pestronk | The Hechinger Report | NOV. 13, 2023 | Photo By Getty Images As tuition and related fees skyrocket, finding ways to keep a college degree within reach ... -
Miami immigration advocate to lead nation’s largest college aid program for undocumented youth
By Syra Ortiz Blanes | Miami Herald | OCT. 27, 2023 | Photo Courtesy of Maria Gabriela Pacheco Maria Gabriela Pacheco knows firsthand what it’s like to be an ambitious teenager who’s told she can’t go to college because of her immigration status. The Ecuadorian-born, Miami-raised immigration rights activist was ... -
SHARED GAINS: Immigrant-Origin Students in U.S. Colleges
By Jeanne Batalova & Michael Fix | Migration Policy Institute | OCT. 2023 | Photo by Jose Luis Magana -
Edward James Olmos is teaching young Latinos how to succeed in Hollywood — and life
By Reed Johnson | Los Angeles Times | OCT. 6, 2023 | Photos by Mel Melcon Spoiler alert No. 1: This isn’t a story about Edward James Olmos. Well, not technically, anyway. It’s a story about the Latino Film Institute, the nonprofit organization that Olmos founded, chaired and — when necessary ... -
Don’t silence ‘Dreamers’
We must advocate for the implementation of pro-DACA legislation in Los Angeles. By Oscar Chavez Robles & Jeoffery Lopez | Daily Trojan | OCT. 17, 2023 | Photo By Johnathan Ernst You want to work; they want to work; we all want to work! If you live in Los Angeles County, chances ...