School Library February 2018

To call Juan Felipe Herrera an accomplished writer would be a gross understatement. Not only did one of his children’s book, “Calling the Doves,” win the Ezra Jack Keats Award and another of his works, “The Upside Down Boy,” was turned into a musical, but Herrera is also the first Latino to become a United States’ poet laureate. And so it is with great honor that we feature Herrera in this month’s school library. Information, Teacher’s Guides and Author Study Toolkit courtesy of Lee & Low Books.

Nos Dabamos Fuerza We Gave Each Other Strength

Uncensored February 2018 by <b> Margaret Orchowski </b>

‘Career Ready’ Out of High School? Why the Nation Needs to Let Go of That Myth by <b> Anthony P. Carnevale </b>

This community college issue stresses the importance of encouraging students to pursue a higher education degree. For many students, the access and relative affordability of a two-year school rather than a four-year school could be the means to dispel the myth that a high school diploma makes them “career ready.”

Outgunned, in the Crosshairs

Outgunned – describes being overrun, defeated and demoralized by a powerful adversary. In the Crosshairs – is to be vulnerable and in danger, trapped like a mouse in a trap. Under the gun – it’s an expression that means a deadline has been reached and something must be done.

Big Businesses Create App-etizing Programs for Hispanic Students by <b> Mary Ann Cooper </b>

For many Hispanics community colleges are the first step in the higher education journey, but the road to a college degree begins long before high school graduation. Although Hispanic college enrollment has been growing over the past decade, Latinos still earn less than 9 percent of bachelor’s degrees among all graduating college students. How can more Hispanic students be funneled into the higher education pipeline, starting with community college? Three high profile corporations have created very different programs to change the minds and hearts of young Hispanics – some as young as middle school student, as well as high school students – and create a passion for pursuing a college education. Here are the stories of what these programs have to offer.