Get into college. How great is that . This past june, 100 of the graduating senior class was accepted to fouryear colleges and universities. All right, the question we have how do you do that . And what can other schools learn from the new Heights Academy Charter School . Here to discuss their approach to education christina brown, executive director of the school, and milenny then, a latina instructor from the school, teaches italian. Ill hear about that in just a second. Because that is something that it sets the bar high, does it not, for other schools. It does. Is it at the point where youre getting phone calls from administrators and teachers at other schools that hear a statistic like that and say just what i said, how do you do that . Not yet. Not yet . But i bet were working toward it. Youre working towards it. Give me some basic rules or techniques that help you reach that stunning figure. What is it that you and milenny and the staff at the school 85. All 85 kids in this year
Latinos are eligible to vote. Throughout their campaigns, the president ial candidates have debated and discussed many issues of great concern to latinos like immigration reform, healthcare, jobs. As for latino voting trends, take a look at this. In 2008, 9. 8 million latinos cast their president ial ballots. Four years later, the number was 11. 2 million latinos that voted. That represents an 8 increase, if my math is correct. And its been wrong before. A coalition of latino organizations from across the country recently announced our vote, our future, a nationwide mobilization effort aimed at the evergrowing number of potential latino voters. Here to tell us all about it this morning, our good friend Jessica Orozco from the hispanic federation, Roberto Frugone from the naleo educational fund, and julio huato, professor from st. Francis college in brooklyn. Welcome to you all. Thank you for being here this morning. Campaigns always different. Do you see that trend that we just pointed
The star of a new comic book, and he has boricua roots, if you will. Well tell you how the comic books creator is trying to pass on Old World Culture to young latino comicbook readers. More on that coming up in just a few minutes. Right now, though, with the president ial general election just a few months away, we focus today not just on the 2016 latino vote but, more specifically, latinos and the Republican Party. Now, through his actions and his words and his proposals, g. O. P. Frontrunner donald trump has infuriated many latinos. Thats just one of many sort of interesting backdrops leading in to the annual new york city republican gala. It takes place here in manhattan in the next few days, and, of course, many latino republicans will be in attendance, as well as all three g. O. P. President ial candidates. Joining us now is arcadio casillas. He is the finance chairperson of the new york state Republican Party. J. C. Polanco is a republican strategist. Welcome to you both. Up is i
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