Event: From Preescolar to Postsecundaria
From Preescolar to Postsecundaria
Covering Latino Education
This fall, the share of K-12 students in the United States who are Latino is projected to climb to nearly one quarter, a figure expected to rise to nearly 30 percent by 2022. And proportionately more Hispanic students are enrolling in postsecondary education than white, non-Hispanic students.
Especially for journalists working for the Spanish-language media, understanding how trends in education are affecting Latino students — and how Latinos are shaping those trends — is increasingly important. To give journalists a solid grounding in those issues, EWA is offering its first-ever convening for Spanish-language reporters and editors.
“From Preescolar to Postsecundaria: Covering Latino Education” will explore a range of critical issues influencing the education of Hispanic students across the country. Slated for Sept. 4 in Dallas, the one-day seminar for journalists will address such topics as the impact of immigration on education, the testing of English-language learners, and how Latino families are financing college. Featured speakers will include journalists and education experts.
Prospective attendees are also encouraged to remain in Dallas to attend EWA’s annual Higher Education Seminar, for which scholarships are also available. That event — “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Covering the College Student Experience“— will take place Sept. 5-6 at Southern Methodist University in Dallas immediately after the seminar for Spanish-language media.
From Preescolar to Postsecundaria
Covering Latino Education
Para el comienzo de este año escolar, se proyecta que uno de cada cuatro estudiantes K-12 en los E.U. va a ser latino. Para el año 2022, esa cifra puede llegar a los 30 por ciento. Y cada vez hay más estudiantes hispanos participando en estudios postsecundarios, comparado con los estudiantes blancos que no son hispanos.
Es cada vez más importante entender cómo las tendencias en la educación están afectando a los estudiantes latinos, además de conocer la manera en que los latinos están creando nuevas tendencias, sobre todo para los periodistas que trabajan en los medios en español.
“Desde la educación infantil temprana a la postsecundaria: cubriendo la educación de los latinos”, va a explorar una amplia gama de los temas de peso en la educación de estudiantes hispanos a través del país. Programado para el 4 de sept. en Dallas, el seminario para periodistas va a tratar temas tales como: el impacto de la inmigración sobre la educación, las calificaciones a los estudiantes que están aprendiendo inglés como segundo idioma y cómo las familias latinas están financiando los estudios universitarios.
Urgimos a los periodistas que trabajan para los medios en español a que apliquen para las becas que ofrecemos ya que ellas cubren todos los costos de asistencia al seminario.
También queremos animar a los que estén pensando en asistir, a que se queden en Dallas para aprovechar el “Higher Education Seminar”, un evento anual de EWA para el cual hay becas disponibles. Ese evento, titulado, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Covering the College Student Experience” (Lo bueno, lo feo y lo malo: cubriendo la experiencia de ser estudiante universitario), tomará lugar el 5 y 6 de sept. en el Southern Methodist University en Dallas, después del seminario por los periodistas de lengua española.
Latino Immigrant Parents Struggle to Find Help With Distance Learning
Three weeks into the academic year, Veronica Macario’s 10-year-old son had yet to attend class at Manzanita Community School. He had a laptop from the school. He’d received directions on how to log into classes. “But since he doesn’t understand English,” Macario explained in Spanish, “he didn’t understand anything.”
Recent Tragedies Hit Home for EWA
It feels like we were just in Orlando at Valencia College, sharing a campus with seven students who lost their lives early Sunday morning in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.
Cultural Values and the Path to Early Academic Success
Latino children enter kindergarten with socioemotional skills that are on par and sometimes even better than their non-Latino peers’ abilities. This means they’re on track in their capability to make friends and behave in school. But Latinos also have a greater probability of arriving to their first day of classes behind their peers academically.
Through ‘Mexodus,’ Insights on Immigration Stories
Fourteen-year-old Mariana of Chihuahua, Mexico, was kidnapped by 20 men dressed as police officers just days before she was to celebrate her passage to womanhood at her quinceañera. For two days, they held her captive while her parents struggled to pay the $8,000 they had demanded for Mariana’s ransom. Upon her release, Mariana’s family escaped to the United States, leaving everything behind.
The Role of the Media and How It Affects Latinos
We’ve all heard the phrase, “Don’t believe everything you read.” Or see. Or hear.
But this sage counsel often falls on deaf ears. Research shows it takes more effort to question the plausibility and source of a message than simply to accept it as true.
English Language Learners: Identifying Inconsistencies
Who are English language learners?
Some would argue there’s no consistent answer.
Robert Linquanti, the bilingual project director for English Learner Evaluation and Accountability Support at WestEd, presented on the topic at the EWA Spanish-Language Media Convening in Dallas earlier this month.
Adding It Up: Financial Aid and Latino Students
“How will I pay for college?”
Sound familiar? I’m still asking myself this question three years after I graduated.
Though not unique to college-bound Latino students, this question is one many of them face – perhaps even more dauntingly than their peers.
Deborah Santiago of Excelencia in Education discussed the process of college finance as it particularly relates to Latinos at the Education Writers Association’s Spanish-Language Media Convening in Dallas Sept. 4.
Why Parents Need to Get Involved
Latino children have a lot going for them. That’s according to Lina Guzman, director of Child Trends Hispanic Institute, who presented at last week’s EWA Spanish-Language Media Convening in Dallas during our “What the Research Says” session.
Surprising Stats About Latino Students
Is the future of America “brown”?
That question was asked of Mark Hugo Lopez, director of Hispanic research for the Pew Research Center, at EWA’s first Spanish-Language Media Convening in Dallas last Thursday. The reporter who asked the question was referring to the future of Latinos in the United States.
Lopez kicked off the conference with a session on Hispanic student demographics. He began his talk by spouting off some statistics:
From Preescolar to Postsecundaria: Presentations
We’ll be adding presenters’ slides and handouts from our Spanish media convening to this page. Click on the name below to download that speaker’s presentation materials:
Lina Guzman
Robert Linquanti
Deborah A. Santiago
Mc Nelly Torres
Mark Hugo Lopez
Desde la educación infantil temprana a la postsecundaria: Cubriendo la educación de los latinos
8-8:45 a.m. DESAYUNO
The Cube, 1st Floor
8:45– 9 a.m. Bienvenido
Photon Room, 2nd Floor
From Preescolar to Postsecundaria: Covering Latino Education
8-8:45 a.m. Breakfast
The Cube, 1st Floor, Hotel Lumen8:45-9 a.m. Welcome
Photon Room, 2nd Floor9-10 a.m. Portrait of the Student Population
Mark Hugo Lopez of the Pew Research Center’s Hispanic Trends Project will provide reporters with the numbers: enrollment trends, surveys, and other key information about Hispanic student demographics that reporters should know.