Diploma en Mano

Series produced by Radio Bilingue

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Image by: Zaidee Stavely 

Diploma en Mano es una serie de reportajes y programas producidos por Radio Bilingue sobre asuntos educativos que contribuyan al éxito o no de los estudiantes latinos en los Estados Unidos. La serie es parte de American Graduate, Let's Make it Happen!, una iniciativa de los medios públicos para tratar la crisis de deserción escolar, con el apoyo de la Corporación para la Difusión Pública.

Diploma en Mano is a series of feature stories and talk shows produced by Radio Bilingue on educational issues contributing to the school success or failure of Latino students in the United States. The series is part of American Graduate – Let’s Make It Happen! – a public media initiative to address the drop-out crisis, supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

“Diploma en Mano 2013” or “Diploma in Hand 2013” is a special one-year national Spanish-language radio series on educational issues contributing to the school success or failure of Latino students in the United States. Monthly national talk shows with listener call-in participation and twice-monthly in-depth feature reports examine current educational factors beginning at a very early age for young people inside their schools, communities and homes that contribute to whether they will thrive academically, complete high school, and be prepared for college and other positive life options. The series is part of American Graduate – Let’s Make It Happen! – a public media initiative to address the drop-out crisis, supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.


35 Pieces

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Students of an impoverished elementary school that sits next to a waste dump near the U.S. border scored the best math grades in Mexico in a nation...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:34
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Public schools are largely unprepared to teach and guide Latino students. These students face some of the most critical issues in the school syste...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:16
Caption: Matthew, 4, is enrolled in preschool in New York., Credit: Marco Vinicio González
The new Mayor of New York is announcing plans for universal pre-K as part of a number of reforms to the local educational system, joining a handful...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:30
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A large majority of children in the U.S. are not reading at grade level by the time they reach fourth grade and children from low-income families a...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:28
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More and more states are joining a movement passing laws to honor students’ bilingualism and biliteracy. In California, thousands of students have ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:40
Caption: At American Youthworks, adolescent mothers can take their babies to school with them., Credit: Filipa Rodrigues
A charter school in Texas is dedicated solely to helping students who previously dropped out of school to graduate. But the state is about to close...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 06:31
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In Arizona, dual language immersion programs are gaining momentum and demand among Anglo families in wealthier school districts, while dual immersi...

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 1
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This year 45 states and the District of Columbia are starting to use the new Common Core State Standards for English language and math. Some Latino...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:18
Caption: La profesora María Necuze Añón, Credit: Javier Aparisi
Though many salute the Common Core Standards as a new method of teaching that will help students to reason better, in Florida, some experts are con...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 05:49
Caption: Andrómeda Leovara practica la lectura., Credit: Valeria Fernández
More than thirteen states require children who do not demonstrate a good grasp of reading to repeat third grade. This is the first year that studen...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 05:33
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In Arizona, there is some support for dual immersion schools, but mostly for those that serve a majority Anglo population. The schools with more La...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 06:10
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New York City will offer more than 50 new preschool spaces to four-year-olds beginning in September. Our correspondent in New York, Marco Vinicio G...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 03:55
Caption: Algunas de las estudiantes de American Youthworks son madres adolescentes., Credit: Filipa Rodrigues
According to national estimates, only 7 out of 10 Latinos and African Americans graduate high school. A charter school in Texas is dedicated solely...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 07:01
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In southern Alabama, a group of parents has accused educators in Baldwin County of applying severe punishment selectively against Latino and Africa...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 07:42
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The Common Core Standards could bring change for English learners, but many educators have doubts about the implementation. Will this new education...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 08:35
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In Oakland, California, a group of Spanish-speaking parents is learning more about the Common Core, to keep watch to make sure that it is being app...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 06:07
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Advocates are sounding a wake-up call about the large numbers of English Learner students who, despite many years in school up to graduation age, a...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 54:24
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Extreme School Segregation. As the nation marks the 60th anniversary of Brown v. BOE, a report by UCLA’s Civil Rights Project finds that the school...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 54:25
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The costs of higher education have been transferred from the society to the student and federal policy changed from grants to loans, setting the st...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 54:34
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Spanish-Speaking Kids Benefit from Oklahoma Pre-K - Children from low-income families, immigrant families, or who are English learners often come ...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 05:55