California Watch/New America Media, News report, Louis Freedberg and Hugo Cabrera, Nov 20, 2009
Most of California's largest school districts are increasing class sizes in kindergarten through third grade, eroding the most expensive education reform in the state’s history. California Watch surveyed the 30 largest K-12 school districts in the state and found that many schools are pushing class sizes to 24 in some or all of the early grades. More »
New America Media, Commentary, Various Authors, Nov 20, 2009
After years of maintaining smaller class size in K-3 grades, California schools are seeing numbers swell over the 20-student target. Does it matter? Young people from The kNOw Youth Media in Fresno say it does--and so does teacher quality. More »
New America Media, News feature, Gail Berkley, Nov 20, 2009
As school districts across the state struggle to meet the challenges of providing a quality education with fewer resources during the economic downturn, state subsidized small class sizes--with 20 students to 1 teacher in grades K-3--are in jeopardy. More »
New America Media, Commentary, Rene P. Ciria-Cruz , Nov 20, 2009
Seeing how Filipinos raved about Manny Pacquiao as a symbol of what, in the words of many a fan, “Filipinos are capable of achieving,” a friend asked me, “Aren’t Filipinos relying too much on Pacquiao to build their national self-esteem? That’s too much of a burden for one man to bear.” More »
New America Media, News Report, Marcelo Ballvé, Nov 19, 2009
Across the country, in churches, schools, immigrant support centers and private homes, backers of immigration reform gathered around telephones as Hispanic U.S. legislators laid out the strategy for pushing a reform of the immigration system in 2010. More »
The seasonally-adjusted October unemployment rate for Black males is above 17 percent whereas the jobless rate for White adult males and females is under double digits at 9.5 percent and 7.4 percent, respectively. More »
The American Cancer Society has reported that racial and ethnic minorities still tend to receive lower-quality health care than whites even when insurance status, income, age and severity of conditions are comparable. More »
Final Call, Q&A, Ashahed M. Muhammad, Nov 19, 2009
After a text-messaging scandal, allegations of inappropriate behavior and legal troubles, Kirkpatrick resigned from office in September of 2008 and ultimately ended up serving a brief prison sentence. More »
Atlanta Latino, News Report, Judith Martínez, Translated by Elena Shore, Nov 18, 2009
Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway announced this week that the jail he runs is ready to deport an estimated 60,000 to 70,000 undocumented immigrants who have driven without a valid Georgia license. More »
Hundreds of parents, students and educators from throughout Michigan demand that legislators restore funding to school districts facing debilitating cuts following the state budget crisis.
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New America Media recently held a two-day fellowship to train 13 selected ethnic media on writing stories about the impact that stimulus money is having on ethnic communities across the nation. More »
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, Eming Piansay, Nov 20, 2009