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Hospital helps kids learn to read with free book program
Regular wellness checkups aren’t just helping some Texas kids stay healthy they are also helping them excel at reading. Parkland Health and Hospital System is teaming up with the national literacy...
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Literacy skills start with your baby
Despite the record number of Latino high school graduates enrolling in college, literacy rates among Latinos continues to be dismally low. How can that be? It’s certainly not because Latino parents...
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Utah launches project to combat illiteracy in the community
Utah Valley University and the United Way of Utah County laid out plans Monday to donate 50,000 hours of volunteer service to improve literacy. Of elementary students, 3 in 10 are not able to read at...
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Authors work to reflect Latino culture in children’s books
All it takes is a smile on a student’s face while reading to make Pat Mora happy. “It’s always a pleasure when students hear something familiar to them, and it is transforming to see that quiet little...
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Church offers free bilingual books to improve literacy
MILWAUKEE – At St. Hyacinth Parish, children gathered at the altar after Sunday Mass to hear a Curious George story read in English and Spanish.Then, each of those children received a gift-wrapped...
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Using audiobooks to boost your child’s literacy
A recent article in the University for Arizona News says that only 16 percent of Latino students in Arizona are proficient readers. And studies have shown that by 8th grade, Latino students fall way...
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Mami real talk: Financial literacy for Latinas is a must
As a child, I don’t remember having a conversation with either of my parents about finances. The handful of lessons came from watching my parents. I was seven when they bought our first home for...
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Education secretary says preschool is key for Latino success
Latinos are heading to school in greater numbers than ever before, graduating from high school and enrolling in college at record rates. But the key to closing the achievement gap between Latino and...
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Let’s read! Latina bloggers launch summer reading program for children
It’s time to take the conversation on Latino literacy to the next level. A study conducted in 2000 by the U.S. Dept. of Education found that half of Latino kids could not recognize the letters of the...
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Latinos key in new task force to link internet and learning
How to ensure the Internet can truly enhance learning in the nation’s public educational system, libraries and museums is the goal of a new Aspen Institute task force composed of twenty members of...
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Health care, education key to combating rising poverty rates among children,...
Poverty remains a high-priority issue for the country and continues to impact Hispanic children, as the rates of poor children has continued to climb even as the nation’s unemployment has declined,...
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6 tips to help your child avoid summer learning loss
During the summer, students can lose up to 3 months of academic skills and knowledge. In fact, all students experience some degree of learning loss if they don’t engage in any type of educational...
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Should you use incentives to keep your child reading?
Should you use incentives to keep your child reading? A few weeks ago on NPR’s Tell Me More show, Michel Martin mentioned that using incentives to get children to read is somewhat of a controversial...
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The 3 pre-literacy skills your preschooler needs-and how to make it happen
Hispanic students are the fastest growing ethnic group, making up nearly a quarter of public school enrollment. Yet they continue to come in last when it comes to literacy achievement. One of the most...
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Literacy means reading – and writing
Helping Latino children improve their reading skills has been a hot topic this year. But there is more to literacy than just reading. According to Merriam-Webster, literacy is the ability to read and...
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Study: speaking a second language delays dementias, even in the illiterate
There’s more evidence that speaking a second language can delay the onset of dementia later in life — this time in a population where even illiterate people reaped the benefits of being bilingual....
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Opinion: Reading, the essential skill
CHICAGO — With not a small amount of disdain, my youngest son — the one who’s addicted to his Xbox video game console — said to his parents the other day: “That’s all you two ever do: work and read.” A...
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Opinion: Why our children need to see their faces in the literature they read
As a child, I never read a single book about a Hispanic girl like me. I was a voracious reader and grew up on books by Madeleine L’Engle, Judy Bloom, Ellen Conford, and John Bellairs. Classics,...
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