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Investigating race and poverty since 1972

Author Archives: Irasema Salinas-González

Posted inCatalyst Chicago, Education

Bilingual students gain literacy skills as family translators

by Irasema Salinas-González December 30, 2005August 15, 2016

Translating for family members is often considered a burden on bilingual children that can distract them from schoolwork, says Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, now an education professor at the University of California at Los Angeles. But her study of nearly 300 bilingual students in Chicago found just the opposite was true.

Posted inCatalyst Chicago, Education, Uncategorized

Mom takes slow but steady route toward a teaching certificate

by Irasema Salinas-González August 4, 2005August 15, 2016
Posted inCatalyst Chicago, Education, Uncategorized

Undocumented valedictorian fights for law to ease college aid

by Irasema Salinas-González August 3, 2005August 15, 2016
Posted inCatalyst Chicago, Education, Uncategorized

Bill would help undocumented students get money for college

by Irasema Salinas-González July 28, 2005August 15, 2016

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