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The number of Hispanics taking the ACT exam jumped 50 percent from 2011 to 2015. But only 15 percent of those test takers are scoring well enough to be deemed c...
In 1910, one in four children in the U.S. was an immigrant, and most of that group were European, Christian and white....
Only about 264,000 of the nearly 3.4 million teachers in the country are Latino. They represent 8 percent of teachers, while 22 percent of students are Latino, ...
While the number of parents who opt out of having their kids take their states’ standardized tests has grown nationally, much of this movement appears to be m...
This is the second consecutive year that U.S. students have finished on top in the International Mathematics Olympiad, although there have been impressively str...
Margarita is a four-year-old girl living in East Harlem. She speaks Spanish at home with her Mexican-born parents, is obedient, well-behaved and plays well with...
Black and Hispanic children experience mental health problems at a similar rate than their white peers, yet are less likely to receive treatment, a new study of...
Young Latinos who are not proficient in English are more likely to develop higher early literacy skills when their teachers are also Latino, according to a Univ...
When students are encouraged to think and learn outside of the box, not only do they become more involved in their education, but they have a learning experienc...
