American athletes may be used to topping the medal count at the Olympic Games, but it took no fewer than 21 years for the United States to finally triumph again at the International Math Olympiad.
For U.S. Latino registered voters, the top issues include education, economy and immigration, and for Latino Nevadans, the next elected official with a complimentary track record. One politician who will engage for the Latino vote is Rep. Joseph Heck, R-Nevada, who confirmed his Senate bid to succeed Democratic Sen. Harry Reid’s seat.
With college students graduating with skyrocketing loan debts, Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley announced his plan to provide relief for American students. O'Malley, former governor of Maryland, stated U.S. families are burdened with the $1.3 trillion in outstanding student loan debt, and proposed a national goal for all students to have access to debt-free college education at any in-state public college or university.
The University of California has accepted more Latino students than white students for the second consecutive year. The admittance rate of Latino students appeared to be a reflection to California's racial diversity, as Latino children comprise of the majority of public school students in the state.
Worldwide, students are optimistic about their education; this is particularly true of students in the developing world. There, students are confident in the quality of their high education and the likelihood that it will yield a great return on their investment.
Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina skipped diplomatic protocol by bluntly calling the Chinese "not terribly imaginative" prior to announcing her 2016 presidential bid, Bloomberg reported. The former Hewlett-Packard chief made the comment in a discussion on the Common Core educational benchmarks.
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama underscored the importance of making college education accessible as part of his America's College Promise campaign, which is an initiative that's born out of a desire for quality college and affordable education. Also, the proposal would offer two years of community college education to responsible students at no cost.
The national graduation rate reached 81.4 percent in 2013, a record high, and its improvement is largely due to increased graduation rates among low-income, African American and Latino American students.
Sen. Marco Rubio, one of the Republican Party's candidates for the 2016 presidential nomination, released a short piece on the American Dream Monday morning. In it he vows to fight for Americans struggling to achieve the American Dream.
The phrase “It’s never too late to learn” seems like a worn out cliche -- that is until you come up against someone like Rosa Salgado, a 79-year-old grandmother who moved to Miami from Colombia in 1995 and graduated this Saturday from Miami Dade College with honors, earning her associate of arts degree in education.
“The State of Higher Education in California,” a report designed by the Campaign for College Opportunity, addresses the future of California’s economy depends on the educational success of Latinos.
According to new research, the decision to forgo a color-blind approach and, instead, encourage frank discussions about ethnicity, race and gender in the classroom could yield impressive results, including: differentiated instruction, frequent family engagement, a positive culture and professional educational environments.
Even though tuition prices are rising, Hispanics still call college affordable The majority of Hispanics in the United States are optimistic about higher education, saying that they think college is affordable, even as tuition prices and debt levels continue to rise for post-high school students.
Standardized testing is valued far more by Latino voters than non-Latino voters. Also, Latino voters are more optimistic when it comes to investing in public education.
Starbucks Coffee Corporation, founded in Seattle's historic Pike Place Market, has collaborated with Arizona State University (ASU) to offer Starbucks' employees four years of paid tuition for enrollment in ASU's online bachelor's programs.
For Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., the "transformative development" for the borough’s Latino population has ranged from jobs, housing, employment, all while debunking claims of gentrification.
The District of Columbia produces the largest reading and math proficiency gaps in the nation, in regards to white 4th graders and their non-white Hispanic and black counterparts, while the opposite is true of states like Louisiana.
Ethnicity and race plays a role when it comes to poverty, wage gapes and low-income status. In addition to those factors, educational attainment, family structure, career access and childcare costs all affect how low-income and impoverished families fare in this nation.
Nationwide, there are more than 17,000 public libraries and bookmobiles servicing 96 percent of the population, but foreign-born Latinos are least likely to utilize library services. That said, the foreign-born Latinos who visit the library greatly benefit from it, according to a new study.
CUNY will be repaying thousands to 150 undocumented students who recently overpaid their tuition; the confusion largely due to the students' legal status.
