The courses, to be launched in the fall of 2022, will be optional for students and will shed light on the contributions of both communities to the country.
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"Servir a los latinos no es algo muy complicado, pero puedo decirles que, a menudo, implementamos programas y no prestamos atención a si los latinos están participando o no", aseguró Deborah Santiago durante la Cumbre de Educación Superior de AL DÍA.
“Serving Latinos is not rocket science, but I can tell you often we put programs in place and we don’t pay attention to whether Latinos are participating or not,” Deborah Santiago told the audience at AL DÍA’s Higher Education Summit.
In perhaps the day’s most moving session, the summit’s third theme highlighted the personal experiences of two medical students at Drexel University, Paulina Ramirez and Alfredo Muñoz.
¿Y por qué no? Los jóvenes latinos son uno de los colectivos más ignorados y necesitados de atención urgente en los centros universitarios y de educación superior.
Why not? Latino youth are among the most neglected, and in need of urgent attention from the centers of higher learning at the college and university level.
Antonio Romero has used his three years so far as community schools coordinator at Kensington Health Sciences Academy to define the role and contribute to the school’s ongoing growth.
Durante sus tres años como coordinador en la Academia de Ciencias de la Salud Kensington (KHSA, por sus siglas en inglés), Antonio Romero ha trabajado duramente para contribuir al crecimiento continuo de la escuela.
De crecer en una familia de trabajadores migrantes puertorriqueños a allanar el camino hacia el éxito en el ámbito educativo, la Dra. Bonilla-Santiago nunca ha perdido su enfoque directo y honesto para generar el cambio.
From growing up in a Puerto Rican migrant worker family to paving a path to success in academia, Dr. Bonilla-Santiago has never lost her straightforward and honest approach to creating change.
TechServ se enfrenta la falta de educación de STEM y IT en centros urbanos a través de la formación profesional de jóvenes que trabajan en organizaciones comunitarias.
Vets in the Hood, Inc., along with other veterans and volunteers, is launching a mentoring program for students at Edison High School in Hunting Park.
Coincidiendo con el comienzo del nuevo curso, el Superintendente del Distrito Escolar de Filadelfia, el Dr. William Hite, reflexiona sobre el retorno al control local, las prioridades del Distrito y cómo garantizar que las escuelas sean “espacios seguros” para todos los niños, independientemente de su estado migratorio o procedencia.
As school kicks off early this year, School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Dr. William Hite reflects on the return to local control, the District’s priorities, and how to ensure schools are “safe spaces” for all children regardless of their immigration status or background.
TechServ, a new citywide and soon-to-be statewide program, tackles the STEM and IT divide in urban centers by training "opportunity youth" to work at partner organizations in local communities.
La importancia de El Futuro, una organización sin fines de lucro que atiende a la comunidad mexicano-americana de Filadelfia, ha ido creciendo desde que Trump ganó las elecciones.
Nine-year-old Jayden Perez received one of 14 awards from TD Bank for outstanding young citizens at the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia on Thursday.
The nonprofit’s El Futuro site in the Italian Market, serving mostly the Mexican-American community, has only grown in importance since Donald Trump was elected president.
A report from New Georgetown University has shown that within states with high levels of education such as Colorado, Latinos continue to be left behind.
Un reporte de la New Georgetown University ha demostrado que dentro de estados como Colorado, con altos niveles de educación, los Latinos siguen quedándose atrás.
El centro de asesoramiento multilingüe del Distrito Escolar inauguró el lunes pasado su séptimo programa anual de inscripciones y asesoramiento especial para estudiantes y familias que no tienen el inglés como primera lengua.
Camp Noah, run by St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, aims to help 50 children displaced by Hurricanes Irma and Maria heal from their trauma while having fun.
On July 31, young people who have been working as interns this summer at over 60 community-based organizations throughout the city, including Concilio in North Philly, demonstrated the professional skills and knowledge they’ve built.
This week, the School District’s Multilingual Access Center kicked off its seventh annual Special Registration and Assessment program for students and families who speak a language other than English.
A new website and lesson resource guide gives teachers the necessary resources to be able to teach students about the social and historical context of Central American immigration.
Puerto Rican education advocate Leticia Egea-Hinton is an integral part of the School District’s historic transition to local control.
