Latino education

OK, if you can watch this documentary without tearing up a bit then you're one tough cookie. Remember the adorable 5th graders who stole the show at the Oscars over the weekend? Well, they are from Public School 22 is Staten Island New York and approximately 80% of the school's population is comprised of Latino and African American students.

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On Tuesday afternoon, President Obama signed an executive order renewing a major initiative to help combat the massive education gap that plagues the Latino community. For Obama, who has been criticized for not paying enough attention to Hispanic high-school and college drop-out rates, it couldn’t come at a better time. Democrats are facing tough mid-term...

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently announced 99 new grants totaling $60.1 million awarded to colleges that enroll a high percentage of Latino students. "We can meet President Obama's goal of having the highest college graduation rate in the world by 2020 only if we dramatically boost college completion rates among students of all races,...