New book release on Latinos and education
We tend to forget that the major role schools play in the lives of children is enormous and most evident under crisis and when loss of schooling is evident. And this is not solely about back to basics. The COVID pandemic (2020-2021) underscored this reality …
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On the day before Hurricane Fiona struck the island, the number of calls to the Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration’s PAS Line doubled. On the day of the storm, “the same thing happened,” the head of the agency said. By Alejandra M. Jover Tovar …
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Over the past three centuries nations have steadily moved from the “wealth” of nations to the “health” of nations. This is different from Adam Smith’s declaration of wealth for nations in 1776 via mercantilism and the hoarding of gold and tariffs. In its place, education …
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by Charles A. Serrano Jiménez, MUPP The Latino Population is growing faster than expected. With an influx of professionals from Latin America, rates will grow more rapidly in both urban areas and suburban America. The country is experiencing 500,000 Latino youth who turn 18 years old …
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It was but three decades ago in November 1993 that Time magazine portrayed “The New Face of America” when it dramatically displayed the face of a multiracial female as its front cover. It demonstrated the browning of America for the first time ever. More recently, …
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With paralysis overwhelming our most cherished levels of government and confusion dominating social media, the level of disinformation has become alarmingly high and quite concerning. You would think we were a nation of clowns, as one newscaster recently quipped, or maybe fully dominated by incompetents. …
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A perfect storm is brewing! The browning of America is here, but the country is unprepared morally, socially, or spiritually. By contrast, it fears demography, fighting it tooth and nail. Rather than integrate and accommodate, the nation is rapidly splitting into apartheid. Demographic shifts are …
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Much has been said about the Covid pandemic and its impact nationwide, though its lessons continue to confound many citizens. It seems we would have already learned critical lessons from the pandemic after more than a year since the outbreak, but sadly this has not …
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Shamefully for this country, the suggestion of universal masking guidelines from the CDC and vaccinations have merely led to virulent and toxic debates nationwide rather than introspection and consent. For public schools, this condition has already led to devastating results, as too many schools are …
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February 25, 2021 in Higher Education by Luis León Medina and Andrew Mendoza, both Lideres Avanzando Fellows Year after year, hundreds of thousands of Latinx and first-generation college students head off to institutions of higher education with the goal of attaining a degree that can …
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