Tag Archives: educacion
“No More Guns!”
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 PROGRAM # 8268 12:00 PM PT “No More Guns!” Students who survived a mass school shooting left 17 people dead in Florida, gathered in a crowded vigil chanting: “No More Guns!” Will this tragedy lead to gun reform? What about mental health services? How to address mental illnesses with reduced funds for […]
Mexican-American Studies Prevail in Arizona.
MONDAY, JANUARY 8 PROGRAM # 8238 12:00 PM PT Mexican-American Studies Prevail in Arizona. A US judge blocked for good an ethnic studies ban in Arizona public schools, prohibiting Arizona education officials to enforce the law that eliminated Mexican-American studies programs. The judge cited racism and political gain among motives behind the law. Analysts look […]
Very Few Latino Professors. Also, Latino Students Facing Barriers. Also, Sounds of East San José.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20 PROGRAM # 8203 12:00 PM PST. Very Few Latino Professors. Latino students are enrolling in growing numbers. Yet, Latino faculty makes up only four percent of faculty in the nation. In California’s San Joaquin Valley, this gap is even worse. Where are the Latino professors? What’s the impact of this shortage on […]
Keeping or Banning Dangerous Insecticide. Also, No Guns in Schools.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 PROGRAM # 8198 12:00 PM PST. Keeping or Banning Dangerous Insecticide. Health advocates from the San Joaquin Valley, the area with the highest use of chlorpyrifos, are urging California authorities to stop delaying the end of the use of this brain-damaging chemical. The insecticide, one of the most widely used in the […]
School Changes Confederate Soldier Mascot. Also, Latinos in College: Many Enroll, Few Graduate.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 PROGRAM # 8196 12:00 PM PT School Changes Confederate Soldier Mascot. At the request of a majority of the student body, school authorities from Anaheim agreed to change the Confederate mascot after having removing some time ago the Confederate flags from Savanna High School. This school has as its mascot the symbol […]
Immigration Edition. Also, Fires Still Raging.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10 PROGRAM # 8174 12:00 PM PST. Immigration Edition. An analyst comments on Trump’s immigration principles that threaten to derail Dreamers legislation. An attorney gives advice for those who didn’t renew their DACA permit in time and start losing protections. Also, members of Congress talk about two bills recently introduced in the House. […]
Free College in California. Also, Families Reading at Home. Also, Mass Evacuations During Wild Fires.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9 PROGRAM # 8173 12:00 PM PST. Free College in California. California would offer a free year of community college if Gov. Brown signs the bill into law. California may join Tennessee, Oregon and Rhode Island in the list of states that provide tuition-free community college programs. This is an interview with the […]
Restorative Justice in Rural Schools.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 PROGRAM # 8165 12:00 PM PST. Restorative Justice in Rural Schools. As a new jail is being built in neighboring Indio, sign of a jail-building boom in the state, youth advocates in rural Coachella are pushing for restorative justice programs in the schools as an alternative to punitive discipline such as expulsion […]
Big Quake Hits Mexico. Also, Hurricane Maria Devastates Puerto Rico.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 PROGRAM # 8161 12:00 PM PT Big Quake Hits Mexico. A second powerful earthquake hit Central Mexico, killing more than 250 and devastating Mexico City and other areas around the nation’s capital. The strong temblor leveled hundreds of buildings in the old town of Jojutla. This is a report on the local, […]
Plans to Attack College Admissions.
MONDAY, AUGUST 7 PROGRAM # 8126 12:00 PM PST. Plans to Attack College Admissions. The Justice Department plans to investigate affirmative action policies in college admissions to determine whether those programs discriminate against students based on race. Civil rights advocates fear this will lead to lawsuits against universities for not admitting more white students over […]
