Mexico City Teacher Protest: Watch Riot Police, Protestors Clash Over Education Reform [VIDEO]
As many as 4,000 teachers flooded main arteries in Mexico’s capital on Friday, causing “roadway chaos” as they protested a new education reform. Watch video of protesting teachers on Wednesday as they attempt to enter the Chamber of Deputies in Mexico City.
Pregnant 10-Year-Old Dominican Girl Shocks Country; Government Steps In As Population Blames Education System
A pregnant 10-year-old in the Dominican Republic is receiving physical and psychological care. So far it's presumed she was raped, although no concrete details have been released. Keep reading to find out what we know so far.
Mexican Textbook Errors Prompt Education Department To Open Investigation As Mistakes Amount To 117
As Mexican children headed back to school on Monday, a list of the 117 errors found in some 235 million elementary school textbooks was handed out to teachers, who will have to manually correct them. The errors ranged from misspellings and forgotten or misplaced accents to one case in which a city was identified as being located in the wrong state.
Hispanic Children Face Tougher Life Than Children Of Other Immigrants Families [REPORT]
Hispanic children have a more difficult time in school than children of other immigrants.
Chile Student Protesters Demand Reforms In Education, Fair Distribution Of Wealth [VIDEO]
Student protests in Brazil turn violent as students demand better education in Chile.
Virginity Auction: 21-Year-Old Chilean Woman 'Tamara' Selling Her Virginity Online To Pay For Education
Chilean woman sells herself to pay off education debt.
Mexico 'Ninis' Make Country Third In World For Jobless And Undereducated Youth, Reports OECD
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Mexico had the third highest rate of youth who neither work nor study of the 34 member countries included and pointed to a "structural failure".
White Americans No Longer Majority In Under-5 Age Group, According To Census
22 percent of children under the age of 5 live in poverty. Income disparities have been shown to correlate strongly to gaps in academic achievement starting from early on in childhood. This month the Supreme Court will rule on whether or not affirmative action programs like college admissions should be altered to focus less on race and more on income.
Hispanic Students College: Why Latino Grads Are More Likely To Enroll For College Than Whites
Why are Latino graduates more likely to enroll for college?
Jeb Bush 2016 Run: Will Bush Face Off Against Hillary Clinton In Presidential Race?
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush and former Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton are both seen as possible frontrunners in the 2016 presidential race.
Obama: Views on Same-sex Marriage, Abortion, Education as Election Day Draws Near
With the campaign season in the 11th hour before Election Day, what are President Obama's views on same-sex marriage, abortion and education.
Obama: Views on Abortion, Education, Gun Control
With less than two weeks until the Nov. 6 election, what are President Obama's views on abortion, education, gun control and taxes.
Romney: Views on Education, Healthcare, Gun Control, Taxes
With less than four weeks until the election, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney has starch views than President Obama on education, healthcare, gun control, and taxes.
Cuba cuts education spending, shifts priorities
Cuba is cutting back its hallowed free education system and moving students into more practical careers to reduce costs and fill needs in its work force, recently released government statistics show.
Hispanics Underrepresented in Fields that Require Higher Education
University of Missouri researchers have found that persistent inequalities continue among white males, women and minorities, although the unemployment rate differences among them have decreased during the past few decades.
Obama Talks Education, Immigration at Univision Town Hall
President Obama took part in a Univision Town Hall Meeting with Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas in Florida.
Report: US Education System Neglects Almost Half of the Nation’s Black and Latino Male Students
A new report from the Schott Foundation for Public Education finds that only 52 percent of Black male and 58 percent of Latino male ninth-graders graduate from high school four years later, while 78 percent of White, non-Latino male ninth-graders graduate four years later.
Back to School: Is Higher Education Making You Fat?
An analysis of newly available U.S. Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, for the first time, the number of 18- to 24-year-old Hispanics enrolled in college exceeded 2 million and reached a record 16.5 percent share of all college enrollments.