One night in the 1880’s, a man named Cesario Chavez crossed the border from Chihuahua, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas. He was fleeing the hardships of his homeland to make a better life in the United States for his family. Decades later, his grandson, Cesar Chavez, would make a stand in the fields of California to fight for a better life for all farm workers.
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NCLR Study: ‘No Child Left Behind’ can work for English language learners.
A new report by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) examining the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) on English language learners (ELLs) concludes that while the law has not been implemented adequately, it holds considerable promise for closing the achievement gap between ELLs and other students.
NAHPF & Smithsonian partner together for 2006 Summer Internship Program.
The National Association of Hispanic Publications Foundation is partnering with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History to co-sponsor a paid summer internship for a student who wishes to gain journalism experience with a focus on Latino issues.
Mexicans Living in the U.S. on Absentee Voting in Mexican Elections.
Strict requirements, insufficient information about registration procedures and lack of public interest hobbled Mexico’s first effort to conduct absentee voting among its more than ten million adult citizens living in the United States, according to a Pew Hispanic Center survey. About one-half of one percent of Mexicans in the U.S. sought absentee ballots for the presidential election in July during a registration period which ended last month.
