We Just Don’t Get It -- Education is ALL About the Teachers
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 28, 2012
The only way we are going to make gains in education is if the quality of teachers goes up, and in a capitalist society, that means paying them more.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Original NAM Content
Tags: educationincalifornia, educationreform, teacherevaluations
Frustration with Public Education in Vietnam Grows
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Jun 27, 2012
Nearly four decades after the Viet Nam War, the country’s education system remains so corrupt and backward it’s impeding economic growth.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: bribery, college, corruption, education, hanoi, lottery, public, saigon, test, vietnam, youth
More Blacks Than Ever to Teach for America
The Root, News Report, Posted: Jun 25, 2012
Teach for America announced Monday that a higher percentage than ever of new recruits are African American.
Categories: African American, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: blackteachers, teachercorps, teachforamerica
Potential School Sports Cuts Would Hit Students on Many Levels
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 25, 2012
Threatened school cuts due to state budget crunches could boot out school sports—affecting grades, smoking rates, obesity levels and racial health disparities.
Categories: African American, Education, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Sports, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: californiaeducationcuts, childhoodobesityandsports, physicaleducationcuts, schoolsportsbudgetcuts
Obama Adds More Dysfunction to Broken Immigration System
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 19, 2012
With the DREAM Act once again compromised, the words of Langston Hughes ring as true as ever: “A dream deferred is a dream denied.”
Categories: Education, Election 2012, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, deportation, dream act, dreamers, education, election, latinos, obama, undocumented, votes
AZ Judge Bars State Intervention in Tucson Desegregation Case
MALDEF, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2012
A Tucson federal court on Tuesday barred the state of Arizona from intervening in an ongoing school desegregation case.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: azethnicstudies, ethnicstudies, ethnicstudiesban, mexicanamericanstudies, tusdmexicanamericanstudies
American Children Born to Immigrant Parents Trailing Behind, New Study Finds
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 13, 2012
American children with immigrant parents are more likely to live in poverty, lack health insurance benefits, and less likely to graduate from high school.
Categories: Economy, Education, Immigration, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: children, education, foreign, health, immigrant, insurance, opportunity, school, study
Graduation Rates Up in Kern County, But Not for All
New America Media / South Kern Sol, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2012
California's Kern County has made strides in academic achievement, but the children of migrant workers still face barriers.
Categories: Education, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: childrenoffarmworkers, latinograduationrates, southkerncounty
New Orleans Boasts Rising Test Scores: Critics Ask, Who's Left Out?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2012
Widely considered one of the nation's worst school district for years, New Orleans' schools have been showing remarkable academic gains, but not everyone is convinced that the improved test scores tell the whole story of the school district.
Categories: African American, Asian, Education, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Oops We Did it Again! Desi Wins the Spelling Bee
First Post, Commentary, Posted: Jun 03, 2012
The Indian American parent can rest easy for another year. The beloved spelling bee crown is secure.
Categories: Asian, Education, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: ScrippsNationalSpellingBee, SnigdhaNandipati, spellingbee
Asians Could Lose If High Court Rules Against College Diversity
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jun 03, 2012
The Supreme Court could end leeway at colleges on affirmative action. Asian advocates say that could hit API students, despite their bookish stereotype.
Categories: Asian, Education, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: asiansandaffirmativeaction, fisherv.universityoftexas, prop209, supremecourtaffirmativeaction
More Black 9th Graders in Honors Classes
The North Star News, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2012
Nationwide, the percentage of black boys enrolled in honors classes is higher than for those enrolled in special education.
Categories: African American, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines