Latinas are the most rapidly growing population of school-age youth, yet are at a heightened risk for high school dropout. This report investigates factors preventing on-track high school completion for these students.
This policy brief from the Alliance for Excellent Education explores current writing instruction practices in American schools and offers suggestions for improvement.
No other country in the world has as many total immigrants from all countries as the United States has immigrants from Mexico alone. As a group, Mexican immigrants are younger than either other immigrants or the U.S.-born population.
This in-depth report interviewed Latino youth between the ages of 16-25 using a telephone survey conducted on a nationally representative sample of 2,012.
This article discusses the improvements in education since the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act in the United States.
This article analyzes the increased number of minority groups now attending suburban school districts and the benefits gain from current programs available.
This study examines district-level ELL policies and practices as well as the historical, administrative, and programmatic contexts of four school systems with ELL student achievement growth between 2002 and 2006.
Maria Estela Zarate provides a unique look at Latino parents' involvement in their children's education from the distinct perspectives of parents, educators, and children.
This article explores the Congressional definitions of "who's Hispanic," explaining why Sonia Sotomayor will be considered the first Hispanic Justice on the Supreme Court.
Our national conversation about race tends to take place in black and white, yet the greatest disparities in human well-being to be found in the U.S. are between Asian Americans in New Jersey and Native Americans in South Dakota.