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Mexican American children used to be separated from white students in schools because of their Hispanic surnames and the assumption that their English-language ...
Alternative routes to teacher certification have grown rapidly over the last three decades, with more programs popping up all over the country...
Want to know what your child should be learning in kindergarten? Hunting for a list of age-appropriate books? Afraid your daughter is being bullied but don’t ...
Nearly 1 million students studied abroad in the United States last school year — among them more Latin American students than ever before, according to a ne...
Painted skulls don’t often have a place in a classroom, but the Mexican holiday associated with these props just might be a good opportunity to teach bigger l...
“Latino students are being harassed and bullied in the wake of Mr. Trump’s inflammatory comments,” a student organizer told the AP. “He makes people at ...
For the first time since 1990, math scores dropped for fourth and eighth graders in the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the country’s most respec...
Ethnic studies programs have had their fair share of controversy in this nation, but researchers maintain they can be a way to improve engagement and student ou...
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