The Minnesota Latino Achievement Gap in Education and the Alchemy of Globalization
The Chicano Latino Affairs Council in collaboration with the Minnesota Humanities Center will use funding to address the education challenges and opportunities faced by Latino students. The central theme and core value is “culture and language matter,” that culture and language is an asset and not a liability. A research project will focus on identifying specific strengths in Latino culture that improve education engagement.
Councils of Color. $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the second year are for competitive grants to the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, the Council on Black Minnesotans, the Indian Affairs Council, and the Chicano Latino Affairs Council. Grants are for programs and cooperation between the Minnesota Humanities Center and the grant recipients for community events and programs that celebrate and preserve artistic, historical, and cultural heritage.
- Distill transferable principles from successful schools and projects.
- Make policy recommendations that affirm those principles and seek to fund/support Minnesota programs that incorporate them.
- Publicize findings and challenge policy makers, educational leaders, classrooms teachers, and parents to implement what’s working to the betterment of their students and communities.
• “Opportunities and Challenges: The Education of Latinos in Minnesota” – a new report on Latino education in Minnesota – was released. This report provides an analysis of Latino high school graduation rates and achievement gap, identifying elements of success at various Minnesota schools around the central theme and core value: “culture and language matter” – that culture and language is an asset and not a liability. Research questions focused on identify specific strengths in Latino culture that improve education.