La Prensa San Diego

By Gaby Pacheco LatinaLista Next month, the country’s educational community celebrates the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Plyler vs. Doe. In Plyer vs. Doe, the high court ruled in June 1982 that it was against the law to prohibit primary and secondary education to an undocumented student. Although the decision [...]

In this Democratic weekly radio address, Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) testified before the Assembly Higher Education Committee regarding AB 1501, one of two bills that make up the Middle Class Scholarship Act, which slashes state college fees for middle class Californians by two-thirds. The Committee unanimously passed the bill on a bipartisan vote. [...]

Chula Vista’s Castle Park area receives grant to plan for revitalization By Pablo Jaime Sáinz Cyndi Gonzales has lived in the Castle Park area of Chula Vista for more than 30 years. This is the community where she grew up. She said she loves her community, that is why it hurts her to know that, [...]

Commentary: By Susan Shaer As budget chair for the House of Representatives, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) is “The Man.” President Obama presented his budget, and Ryan has announced his. Dueling budgets. Under the Ryan budget, even if you’re part of the infamous 1%, your local services will be cut. That road expansion to bring in [...]

The Association of Raza Educators (ARE) held its 6th Annual Statewide Conference on Saturday April 14th at Lincoln High School in Southeast San Diego, a Raza and African working class community. Under the theme: ¡Aquí Estamos, Educamos, Transformamos y No nos Vamos! ARE held its annual gathering as a need for discussion on the “state [...]

The 15th annual Fiesta de las Estrellas—a “celebration of the stars” hosted by the University of California, San Diego’s Hispanic Scholarship Council—raising much-needed scholarship funding for ambitious and motivated UC San Diego students has, since its founding 15 years ago, raised more than $1 million for undergraduate scholarships to help ensure that students from all [...]

By Charles Dervarics The U.S. will not meet its 2020 college completion goals without a major contribution from Latinos, who continue to trail Whites in key indicators of higher education attainment, a new study says. Only 21 percent of Latino adults have at least an associate’s degree compared to 44 percent of Whites and 57 [...]

Perspective: By David Magallanes Amigos 805 As I walk across campus at the community college where I teach, I sometimes get the impression that I can almost hear my own footsteps as I walk toward my classroom or to an office I need to visit. In the parking lots, students actually have plenty of parking [...]

Special education teacher Caroline Mar, 28, sees her work through a social justice lens. The San Francisco native says her experience at elite Smith College helped her realize that quality education is often a privilege for a few while institutional racism and other factors prevent many people from having access. She is dedicated to using [...]

Commentary: By Marian Wright Edelman Millions of children in America are denied the opportunity to receive a fair and high quality education. In March, the U.S. Department of Education released new information showing that children of color face harsher discipline, have less access to rigorous course offerings, and are more often taught by lower paid [...]

Editorial: It was billed as a mayoral debate on education, where the four candidates for mayor, Bob Filner, Bonnie Dumanis, Carol DeMaio, and Nathan Fletcher for an hour and a half shared their knowledge and vision on education held at the University of San Diego. Education is one of the most important issues to voters [...]

Commentary: By Rodolfo F. Acuña It has always been difficult to convince Anglo-Americans that they should know more about Latinos. It did not seem to matter to Anglos that their ignorance spawned stereotypes that damaged Mexican American children. Even after World War II and the Korean Wars when Mexican American proportionately received more Medal of [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz There was one person in Phyllis Muñoz’s life who always encouraged her to become a teacher: Her father, La Prensa San Diego founder, Mr. Daniel Muñoz Sr. But it wasn’t until she became a student aid, that she realized that education was her calling. “My dad had always said I should [...]

Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz Hubo una persona en la vida de Phyllis Muñoz que siempre la alentó a convertirse en maestra: Su padre, el fundador de La Prensa San Diego, Don Daniel Muñoz Sr. Pero no fue hasta que encontró un empleo como asistente de estudiantes, que ella se dio cuenta que la educación era [...]

Rancho del Rey teacher-librarian named Horace Mann-Lincoln Fellow Abraham Lincoln has been acknowledged as one of the greatest presidents in the history of our nation. Today, the values and work of Abraham Lincoln continue to inspire many, including Rancho del Rey Middle School teacher-librarian Alejandro Picazo, who was recently named as a 2012 Horace Mann-Abraham [...]

Miles Responden al Llamado de la Marca Kleenex de Combatir el Catarro con Educación A un mes de iniciar una campaña nacional para alistar a las familias hispanas para combatir el catarro mediante la educación, la respuesta de la comunidad ya se está haciendo sentir. Miles de niños latinos han respondido al llamado de la [...]

Spring break is to hard labor as Styrofoam is to environmentalism. But last week, these apparent opposites were brought together in a profound way. A group of 50 people from Point Loma Nazarene University, including students, faculty, members from the university’s administrative cabinet and the university’s president, Dr. Bob Brower, spent their spring break constructing [...]