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Education Officials Host Twitter Town Hall

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Education Officials Host Twitter Town Hall

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 10/03/2011 - 17:01 | 0 Comments

Averaging only about 100 viewers during an hour-long live streamed Twitter Latino education town hall, Education Secretary Arne Duncan joined Juan Sepulveda, Director, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, in answering a wide range of education questions on Monday afternoon.

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NCLR Panel: Government & Parents Must Step Up Education Efforts for Latino Kids

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NCLR Panel: Government & Parents Must Step Up Education Efforts for Latino Kids

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 07/26/2011 - 11:37 | 0 Comments

Latinos must organize at the community level in order to better education while the federal government has to start considering factors outside education when it comes to figuring out how to curb the Latino dropout rate, said a panel of education activists and experts—including two Congressmen—at the National Council of La Raza’s annual conference.

On the Monday...