Times of Florida
United States
Opinion: How the GOP could gain the elusive Latino vote
By Fernando Espuelas, Special to CNN (CNN) – Republican political lore has it that Latinos are natural GOP voters. Family-oriented and deeply religious in many cases, Latinos would seem to be a natural segment of the electorate to connect with the Republican social conservative ethos that dominates today’s GOP.
Public Pre-Kindergarten Programs Slowed, Even Reversed, By Recession
KIMBERLY HEFLING WASHINGTON — The expansion in public prekindergarten programs has slowed and even been reversed in some states as school districts cope with shrinking budgets. As a result, many 3- and 4-year-olds aren’t going to preschool. Kids from low-income families who start kindergarten without first attending a quality education program enter school an estimated … Continue reading
Educators Alarmed: Minority Teenagers Performing At Academic Levels of 30 Years Ago
By Teresa Wiltz – America’s Wire Amy Wilkins, vice president for government affairs and communications at the Education Trust Washington, DC (January 18, 2012) — Educators are expressing alarm that the performance gap between minority and white high school students continues to expand across the United States, with minority teenagers performing at academic levels equal … Continue reading
Latinos 2012: It’s Not Just about Immigration.
José Díaz-Balart, chief political analyst for Telemundo by Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto José Díaz-Balart, chief political analyst for Telemundo, had one important task during the September 7, 2011, Republican debate—to ask the candidates about immigration. Díaz-Balart asked his question, got his answer and was dismissed from the stage. The stereotype was fulfilled; a Latino asked one … Continue reading
Cardenas: GOP Hopefuls Must Reach Out to Hispanics
By Martin Gould and Kathleen Walter Al Cardenas, the former chairman of Florida’s Republican Party and the chairman of the American Conservative Union said in a NewsmaxTV interview that the crop of current GOP hopefuls must reach out to Hispanics to retake the White House.
Pasco High student gets head start on college with extra classes
By Michele Miller DADE CITY — While most of his peers are in their second period class at Pasco High, Timothy Dombrowski typically has a few hours to kick around before punching in for his 12:30 p.m. shift at McDonald’s. The job offers a humbling and valuable training experience for Dombrowski, who is hoping to … Continue reading
Rethinking education: How innovation and flexibility can improve the system for students
By Dean Allen We all should agree that the goal of anything and everything we do with our public education system in Washington state is improving student learning and achievement. Our shared objective is success for each student, but unfortunately this objective is not yet being met. By 2018, two out of three family-wage jobs … Continue reading
New Book Chronicles Children Who Defy the Odds in Search for an Education
Voices of Determination Follows 10 Children from all Walks of Life, Telling Their Stories of Heartbreak, Endless Determination, and Ultimate SuccessWashington, DC – Spurred by the stories of his father’s lonely and sometimes dangerous seven-mile walks to a schoolhouse in the segregated South, Kevin Chavous is today announcing the release of his second book Voices … Continue reading
Latino families battling childhood obesity
by Elizabeth Baier, Minnesota Public Radio Northfield, Minn. — Inside a crumbling trailer in Northfield, Samantha Castro Flores walks to the bedroom she shares with her mother and 4-year-old sister and shows off a closet bursting with clothes. Samantha is an all-American girl, a 10-year-old born in Northfield. She listens to MTV, watches SpongeBob cartoons … Continue reading
Sound Off! (Jan. 16)
How can the city be looking for an increase in our gas bills when natural gas is at a 10-year low? Is the city trying to just bag more money, like the red-light cameras? For every $100 red light camera ticket issued, $75 goes out of our community to either the state or to Redflex … Continue reading
FL Hispanic Chamber
- Int'l business in Palm Beach
- Ecuador Meeting Its Energy Demand
- Medicine Booming in Puerto Rico
- Florida International Trade Alert: Mexico Led Int'l Green Initiative
- How A Florida Bill Becomes Law
- Florida Hispanic Chamber urges support of Florida Senate Bill SB 122
- What Are The Real Economic Impacts of Florida Immigraton Reform
- Florida Legislature Tackles Property Insurance Bill
- Florida Legislature Considers Seaport Security Bill
- Florida Exports offer Hispanic Business Opportunities
Univision Miami
- Cierran la escuelas Redland Middle y Elementary por estudiante herido
- Sexo a la Venta: Esclavitud moderna en Miami
- EEUU pronostica activa temporada de huracanes en el Atlántico en 2013
- Participa en Concurso PJ VIP Tour Miami para ir a ver a Elvis Crespo y Fito Blanco cantar
- Microsoft dona al South Florida Digital Alliance
- JLO anuncia nueva línea de servicios móviles
- Llega la temporada de piscinas: proteja a sus hijos de un ahogamiento
- Pitbull le canta al Miami Heat durante el campeonato de la NBA
- Asaltantes se pasaron por policías en Miramar
- Memorial Day en el Sur de la Florida
Times Of Texas
- UT Regent Chairman Powell Interview
- Red McCombs: Regents have offered high level of support
- Same jersey, same goal – UT Student Regent Ashley Purgason
- UT to deliver records for regent’s review
- New investigations of UT Law School Foundation begin
- Lack of oversight in UT Law Foundation – Change Ahead
- Texas Tribune Guest Column: The UT Story Not Being Told
- Thousands Sign Up for UT-Austin’s First EdX Courses
- UT: Only Regents Can Reform Higher Education
- UT Regents Seek to Protect the University System.
- The Next Generation: Compete in a Global Market?
- Powers outside deal with UT Law Foundation?
- UT “shooting war” is Inflammatory.
- Influence Peddling at UT Austin?
- UT Regents: External Review of UT and UT Law Foundation.
- Free Online Classes
- Regents bar UT president from deleting emails
- UT: Millions of dollars in forgivable loans given to attract faculty.
- Better Colleges Failing to Lure Talented Poor
- Chairman defends UT regents
Transforming Education
- The Price of Prestige
- Taking Entrepreneurial Education Further
- In the News: Toppling Towers, the Demotion of Prestige, and a Sensitive Question
- More on the Quality-of-Learning Gap
- The Acton Education Innovation Challenge
- The National Review: Federal largesse can't prop up doomed business model forever
- The Changing Value of Tenure
- 5 Questions from the Dallas Morning News
- Feedback on the Business Education Summit
- Is the End of Publish-or-Perish Near?
