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Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Veronica Dominguez and her son working in a classroom at Ocotillo Early Learning Center in Tucson, Ariz.
Photo by: Paige Helfinstine

Miscommunication: Hispanic youth wrongfully diagnosed

Paige Helfinstine November 6, 2018

Hispanic bilingual students are being hindered academically in Arizona and across the country, because some speech-language pathologists do not have the resources or training necessary to correctly...

The new role of the ‘abuela’

allison suarez February 15, 2018

  In the Latino household, the abuela is the head of the house Her word is final and her wisdom is in demand. Today's Latinas recognize the value of the grandmother, but are not seeing themselves...

Un grupo de participantes en la manifestación se alinea mostrando sus carteles contra la ley  HB2281 el lunes 26 de junio de 2017. Foto: Cortesía de Simon Asher / Daily Wildcat.

Justicia en el horizonte para los estudios mexicoamericanos

Jireh Lopez Jimenez December 4, 2017

Curtis Acosta estaba preocupado. Un maestro de inglés en Tucson High School, notó una tendencia inquietante. El índice de deserción escolar de los estudiantes latinos era más alto que el de...

Un grupo de participantes en la manifestación se alinea mostrando sus carteles contra la ley  HB2281 el lunes 26 de junio de 2017. Foto: Cortesía de Simon Asher / Daily Wildcat.

Justice on the horizon for Mexican-American Studies

CJ D'Innocente November 27, 2017

Curtis Acosta was concerned. An English teacher at Tucson High School, he noticed an unsettling trend. Latino students were dropping out at a higher rate than their peers. He knew they were capable....

All data provided by The Pew Research Center. Compiled by Stefani Quihuis.

Work begins to awaken ‘the sleeping giant’: Hispanic voters

Stefani Quihuis February 25, 2016

Eduardo Sainz calls himself a “Son of SB1070.” He says the fear he saw in his community and family over possible changes in public policy, including Arizona's 2010 anti-illegal immigration...

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