Not Keeping Up: HBCU Athletes and Academics
The Root, News Report, Posted: May 31, 2011
According to a new NCAA report, a disproportionate number of historically black colleges and universities have been sanctioned because of poor academic performance by sports teams.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Youth Culture
Tags: African American students, college, HBCUs, Louisiana State, sports, University of Carolina, University of Florida
More Than Immigration at Stake in Historic Effort to Recall AZ's Pearce
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 31, 2011
A bipartisan effort to recall state Senator Russell Pearce could signal a shift in the political climate in Arizona, even if it doesn’t result in his leaving office.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: anti-immigration, Arizona, divisive, recall, Russell Pearce, SB 1070
Cal Students Rally in Support of DREAM Act
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 29, 2011
Student groups in the University of California system are campaigning to support two state assembly bills introduced in January so the state can have its own DREAM Act.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: California, DREAM Act, state's coffers, UC students
School Churns Out College-Bound Grads in East Palo Alto
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 29, 2011
With 80 percent of Eastside alumni enrolled in or graduate of a four-year college, the school is building a college-going culture in East Palo Alto.
Categories: African American, Asian, Education, Latino, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: college, drop out, east palo alto, eastside prep school, education, high school, ivy league
NY Dept. of Education Sued Over School Closings
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: May 27, 2011
A coalition has joined forces to block the Bloomberg administration and the Department of Education (DOE) from closing schools throughout New York City.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: bloomberg, closing, fight, naacp, new york, schools, unions
Economy Worries New College Grads
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: May 27, 2011
The poor state of the nation’s economy is giving chills to new college graduates as thousands face the real world this spring.
Categories: African American, Economy, Education, Intersections, Top Stories, Youth Culture
NAM Radio: Zero Tolerance, University Medalist, Arab-American Women, I Heart Hamas
New America Media, Audio, Posted: May 27, 2011
New Show: Zero tolerance school policy, Berkeley's 2011 University Medal winner, a Palestinian-American woman's story, the one-woman comedy of I Heart Hamas.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Education, European, Eye on Egypt , Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: aaron benavidez, arab american, berkeley, comedy, i heart hamas, jailhouse, jennifer jajeh, kathy saade kenny, katrina in five worlds, mexico, palestine, schoolhouse, university medal, winner, zero tolerance
College Dream Eludes Immigrant Valedictorian
Richmond Pulse, First Person, Posted: May 25, 2011
Jessica Garcia wants to become a doctor, but being undocumented and poor is keeping her and hundreds of thousands of other young immigrants like her from realizing their dreams.
Categories: Education, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: contribute, dream act, obligation, opens doors, young people
Korean Americans Top Graduation Rates
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2011
The college graduation rate among Koreans in the United States is nearly double the national average, reports the Korea Times, with more than half holding a four-year degree or higher.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: asianamerican, education, graduation, koreanamerica
Young and Homeless (Part III): Risking It All, For an Education
Vida en el Valle / New America Media, News Feature, Posted: May 23, 2011
Alone, at age 14, Antonio came to California, risking homelessness in pursuit of a high school education.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Fellowships, Health, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Profiles, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: fresno, fresnounifiedschooldistrict, homelessness, projectaccess, tulare, youth, youthhomelessness
Students From S. Korea Dropping Out
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: May 22, 2011
According to a recent report in the Korea Daily, a growing number of South Korean students are dropping out of school in America.
Categories: Asian, Education, Front Page
Tags: Education, GED, High school dropout, Korean, Schools, Students
Young and Homeless (Part II): From the Streets to College
Vida en el Valle / New America Media, News Feature, Posted: May 22, 2011
Last year, Daniella was living at a transitional center for homeless youth. Today, she is a successful sophomore at Cal State Fresno.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Economy, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Fellowships, Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: fresno, homelessness, homelessshelter, transitionallivingcenter, youth, youthhomelessness
Hope for Resurgence of Sri Lanka's North Rests on Education
New America Media, First Person, Posted: May 22, 2011
Education will be key to a resurgence in Sri Lanka, but ten years of civil war has damaged the school system in unexpected ways.
Categories: Asian, Education, Front Page, War & Conflict
Tags: booksforasia, inasia, jaffna, srilanka, tamil, tamiltigers, theasiafoundation
Young and Homeless (Part I): Finding Stability at School
Vida en el Valle / New America Media, News Feature, Posted: May 21, 2011
A growing number of California's youth and families are becoming homeless, a crisis that could have ramifications for decades to come.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Economy, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Fellowships, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: emergencyshelter, fresno, fresnounifiedschooldistrict, homelessness, homelessshelter, homelessyouth, housingcrisis
Charter School Teachers Avoid Layoffs, Enjoy Flexible Curriculum
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 20, 2011
Charter school teachers at Oakland California's Dr. Herbert Guice Christian Academy share their views on the state of public education.
Categories: African American, Education, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: budget cuts, charter school, education, oakland, teachers
NAM Radio: Pakistan's Imran Khan, S-Comm, Girls' Madrassahs, Khair Khana
New America Media, Audio, Posted: May 20, 2011
New Show: Pakistan's Imran Khan, Secure Communities program, Girls' madrassahs in Pakistan, Dressmaker of Khair Khana, Mamata Banerjee, Arnold and sex.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Education, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Sports, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: afghanistan, cricket, department of homeland security, dressmaker of khair khana, earl ofari hutchinson, hutchinson report, imran khan, india, jemima goldsmith, jemima khan, khair khana, madrassah, mamata banerjee, muslim women's fund, pakistan, pti, s-comm, scandal, schwarzenegger, secure communities program, sex, shirin sadeghi, tehreek-e insaf, three cups of tea, west bengal
China Denounces America’s Treatment of African Americans, Minorities
San Francisco Bayview, News Report, Posted: May 19, 2011
In a recent scathing report China condemned America’s treatment of its Afro-descendants and other minorities.
Categories: African, African American, Economy, Education, Front Page, Health, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: black people, china, human, report, rights, u.s.a., united nations
Korean Students in Calif. Protest Acupuncture Exam Given in Chinese
California Watch, News Report, Posted: May 19, 2011
Korean students outraged to find bulk of exam in Chinese – a language most of them can barely read, if at all.
Categories: Asian, Education, Top Stories
Tags: acupuncture, californiaacupunctureboard, californiaacupuncturelicensingexamination, chinese, korean, koreanamericans
Y-Plan Engages Kennedy High to Invest in Richmond's Community
Richmond Pulse, Video, Posted: May 18, 2011
Kennedy High School Y-Plan students recently presented their suggestions for the Richmond Greenway at City Hall.
Categories: Education, Multi-ethnic, Richmond Pulse, Science & Technology, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: city hall, Richmond California, Richmond Greenway, Y-Plans
Who Asked Us? SFSU Student Sounds Off on Tuition Hikes
New America Media, First Person, Posted: May 17, 2011
As another tuition hike looms in the California State University system, one student gives her personal account of how this will affect the student population.
Categories: Economy, Education, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: board of directions, california state university, community college, cost, federal, hike, increase, loan, money, raise, register, registration, rising, san francisco state university, sfsu, student, tuition
On Being an (Ex) Undocumented Immigrant Father
New America Media, First Person, Posted: May 14, 2011
My undocumented immigrant heritage is also my daughter's, just as my father’s anxieties are now mine.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: daughter, father, latino, legalization, undocumented
Analysis: Illiteracy in Detroit a National Shame
Black America Web, News Analysis, Posted: May 11, 2011
Detroit is facing another staggering calamity: Nearly half the adults in Motown are “functionally illiterate".
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: adults, africn american, detroit, education, illiteracy
After Foster Care: What Happens Next?
The Root, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2011
African-American children, who, despite accounting for 14 percent of the U.S. child population, make up 30 percent of foster-care youths.
Categories: African American, Education, Intersections
Tags: african american, children, education, foster care, homeless
Connecting Test Scores to Teacher Pay—Do It Right, or Not At All
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 11, 2011
69 percent of Californians say the state should tie student achievement to teachers' pay. One teacher argues that giving bonuses, not punishment, is the fairest approach.
Categories: Education, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: california, education, pay, public, salary, school, students, teacher, test
Maryland "DREAM Act” Passes
Koream Magazine, News Report, Posted: May 06, 2011
Maryland passes Dream Act.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice
Tags: college, dream act, education, immigration, maryland, scholarship, students, texas, undocumented
Suspended Again: The Struggle To Resolve Student Conflicts
New America Media, First Person, Posted: May 05, 2011
Amelia knows her fights with other high school students were mostly her fault, but she’s struggling to graduate and thinks better counseling could have helped her.
Categories: Education, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: counseling, school student, suspension, temper
Zero-Tolerance Policy Creates a School-to-Prison Pipeline
New America Media, Interview, Posted: May 05, 2011
Schools across the nation are increasingly adopting punitive measures as a way to control and deter violence and other disruptive behaviors.
Categories: African American, Asian, Caribbean, Education, European, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Tags: ineffective punishment, school-to-prison pipeline, schools, zero tolerance
"American Teacher": Overworked, Underpaid, and Under Seige
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 04, 2011
The new documentary American Teacher, which had its world premiere May 3, tells the stories of four public school teachers, including Jonathan Dearman of San Francisco.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Education, Front Page, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: AmericanTeacher, DaveEggers, documentary, JonathanDearman, publiceducation, publicschool, SanFranciscoInternationalFilmFestival, teacher
Going Hungry for Ethnic Studies
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2011
Hungry students and their supporters sit for the seventh day in front of University of California at Berkeley’s California Hall, to protest cuts in the ethnic studies program.
Categories: African American, Asian, Education, Front Page, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, News, South Asian
Tags: ethnic studies, hunger strike, people of color, target, UC Berkeley
Marrakesh Bombing, Osama Death Evoke Moroccan Reflections on Arab Spring
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: May 04, 2011
Bin Laden’s death and last week's Marrakesh bombing came as shocks to usually peaceful Morocco. A teacher and his students reflect on the Arab Spring.
Tags: bombings, education, internationalaffairs, morocco, OsamabinLaden, waronterror
For Youth, the Wicked Witch Osama Is Dead—What Now?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 03, 2011
Young people grew up thinking of Osama bin Laden as a pop culture figure, like the Wicked Witch of Oz. Will that affect their sense of responsibility for America’s future?
Categories: Education, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: OsamabinLaden, popculture, youth
In Tucson, Immigrant Rights Fight Moves to the Classroom
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 01, 2011
A youth coalition in Arizona that has been organizing against efforts there to dismantle a popular ethnic studies program Tucson schools.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic
Tags: Arizona, ethnic studies, immigrant rights movement, May 1, School District, students, Tucson, UNIDOS