Tag Archives: education
Florida lowers standards for Latino, black students
October 18, 2012 – 12:21 am
The Florida Board of Education voted to set different standards of reading and math achievement for students based on their race and ethnicity this month.… more
1 in 6 Latino kids can’t take high school physics
October 16, 2012 – 11:18 pm
About 1 in 6 Latino students in the country couldn’t take physics in high school if they wanted to — because their schools don’t offer… more
STEM majors profitable for Latino students
September 17, 2012 – 3:00 pm
A study in Research in Higher Education found that, “majoring in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) proves to be the most profitable for minority… more
Profile of Luz Rivas, engineering educator
August 15, 2012 – 1:00 pm
There was a really cool profile of a Latina engineer in STEMinist this week, Luz Rivas currently works as an engineering educator at Iridescent. She… more
Why so few Latinos in academia?
August 15, 2012 – 11:30 am
A story in “Diverse: Issues In Higher Education” attempts to explain why it is that there are so few Latinos, and blacks, in the upper… more
How to get Latinos into STEM
August 8, 2012 – 10:00 am
Parents can take steps at home to encourage their children to enter STEM fields.
Blacks, Latinos shut out of top science HS
August 1, 2012 – 11:00 am
The Coalition of The Silence, an advocacy group, filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education that black, Latino and disabled students are being… more
Latinos should revolutionize STEM
July 25, 2012 – 9:00 am
Latinos should seize upon this field to bring all the economic, social, and intellectual power that the field of STEM affords to their communities.
Latina CompSci prof shares her POV
July 18, 2012 – 2:00 pm
Steminist did a great profile on California State University, Los Angeles Professor Claudia Espinosa-Villegas. Professor Espinosa-Villegas works as a lecturer in the College of Engineering,… more
iPad game improves math test scores
July 18, 2012 – 10:00 am
Motion Math is an iPad game that, according to a recent study, helped Latino students in Los Angeles area elementary schools improve their test scores… more
