Web Resources and Tools for the Latino Community
One of the central goals at the Education Trust is to improve the education opportunities for members of the Latino community. In our continuous effort to reach out to this community, we are now offering educational resources specifically targeted to members of the Latino community including legislators, educators, parents and community members.
About the Education Trust
The Education Trust works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, kindergarten through college. While we know that all schools and colleges could better serve their students, The Education Trust focuses on the institutions most often left behind in plans to improve education— those serving concentrations of low-income, Latino, African American or Native American students.
The Education Trust staff brings to our work a unique combination of experience from a wide variety of backgrounds: K-12, postsecondary education, advocacy and community-based organizations. Our insistence on high academic achievement for all students at all levels K-16, our teamwork with local education and community activists, and our single-minded attention to what is best for students—especially low- income students and students of color—sets The Education Trust apart from the many other Washington-based education groups.
So that all educational stakeholders can benefit, the Education Trust is dedicated to producing easy-to-understand documents for the Latino community in both Spanish and English. We will continue to develop and add new tools and resources, so visit www.edtrust.org often.
Resources and Publications
Improving Your Child’s Education-- A Guide for Latino Parents: In this guide, we offer a number of suggestions for how you as a Latino parent can get involved and how you can better advocate for the education of your children. We also offer information that can be turned into powerful tools for you to exercise your rights as an involved Latino parent.
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Improving Your Child’s Education-- A Guide for Latino Parents:
Latino Achievement in America -- This brief two-page report and accompanying PowerPoint documents the current status of Latino Achievement in America. These documents provide readers with powerful, easy to understand statistics on the current status of Latino education in America, examples of schools that have high-performance with Latino students, and ways communities can help close the achievement gap.
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Latino Achievement in America (Report)
Latino Achievement in America (Power Point)
Education Watch State Summaries -- These state summaries are detailed reports highlighting data for each individual state in such crucial areas as educational performance by race, ethnicity and family income, and provides snapshots of in-state and cross-state achievement and opportunity gaps.
(Click here for your state's report)
Additionally, these reports are available in Spanish for the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, Nuevo México, Nueva York, Texas y la Nación en conjunto.
No Child Left Behind User Guide and Fact Sheets -- This guide provides user-friendly information on No Child Left Behind (NCLB) that parents and communities can understand and use. This guide highlights key aspects of the NCLB law in user-friendly language which can help parents and communities use NCLB for advocacy. Easy one-page fact sheets provide vital information on key provisions of NCLB to complement the Community Guide.
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No Child Left Behind User Guide
No Child Left Behind Fact Sheets
How NCLB Can Help Latino Parents and Advocates -- This one-page document describes education information that parents are entitled to under the new federal law, and encourages parents to use this information to advocate for a better education for their children and for their community.
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How NCLB Can Help Latino Parents and Advocates
Does My Child’s Homework Meet High Standards? A guide for parents to help their children achieve -- Often children are given homework that is not on grade level. This guide will help parents understand what the standards in their state are and whether or not their children’s homework is meeting them.
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Does My Child’s Homework Meet High Standards? A guide for parents to help their children achieve
Ed Trust-West Report Shows California High Schools Fall Short -- A comprehensive report by the Ed Trust-West finds that California high schools overall are not preparing students adequately for the 21st Century workplace, but there are some high schools producing high results with all their students.
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Ed Trust-West Report Shows California High Schools Fall Short
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