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Commentary by Cesar A. Muedas
Let LIE be the acronym for Latinos In Education. Indeed, our public schools today need and want as many LIEs as possible. Truth be told, LIE as an organization is fiction at this time, but what is real is the increasing involvement of Hispanics in public schools; and that is a good reason to feel optimistic.
The Metropolitan Nashville Public School (MNPS) system has

From MSNBC:

The diversity czar over at the Nashville Scene talks to a Vandy sociologist who tells him that Nashville doesn’t need Eric Crafton’s English-only referendum because Nashville’s immigrants already speak English:

Committee of Latino Parents highlights achievements of 200 students Graduation rate the lowest among five racial and ethnic groups "Not everyone wants you to succeed because you're Hispanic" Lipscomb announces grants up to $22,000 for entering freshmenThe Tennessean reported here on last Saturday's graduation celebration for Hispanic students in an event hosted by the Comité de Padres L

I’ll be adding to this post throughout the day as I run across posts and articles that I think helped me understand exactly what happened yesterday:

Slate.com: Did Obama or Clinton win Super Tuesday? by John Dickerson. Quote: “In a political year during which the conventional wisdom has taken beating after beating, perhaps no assumption has been made more obsolete than the idea that the front-loaded primary s

Well here we are again, another media love fest for John McCain and a larger delegate lead for Mitt Romney. Also, In spite of the Clinton’s attempt to disenfranchise them and the Culinary union’s endorsement of Obama, the Latinos in Nevada still couldn’t stomach voting for the black guy.
It makes me almost sick to my [...]

If results hold, it looks like Hillary Clinton will have won most of the At Large caucuses in Las Vegas...I look forward to Bill Clinton denouncing the results and saying how unfair the disproportionate representation was.