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Finding Excelencia
Deborah Santiago, vice president of Excelencia in Education, explores the issues, strengths and challenges for Latinos in higher education.
My niece is in the first grade and this weekend I helped her finish her homework. She had to complete a one-page report on capuchin monkeys and create a habitat in a shoebox depicting the monkeys in their natural environment. We spent time on the Web looking at videos and investigating what the monkeys ate and where they lived. We scavenged my yard for twigs, nuts and berries, and then raided the leftover Halloween decorations for spiders to include in the habitat. It was an incredibly educational experience — for both of us.
My niece is fortunate. Her well-educated mother has a demanding, yet flexible job that allows her to arrange her schedule to help her daughter with her school work every night. My niece is even enrolled in extra tutoring a few days a week to improve her reading and I often give her fun, educational software games that engage her critical thinking skills...
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