Drs. Ellen Riojas Clark, Belinda Bustos Flores, and Howard Smith from the College of Education and Human Development’s Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, along with alumnus Daniel González, co-wrote and edited a book on multicultural literature for Latino bilingual students. The book, published by the Rowman and Littlefield Inc., will be available for purchase in hardback, paperback, or as an eBook in December of 2015.

Meet Enrique and Sonya Alemán. The married couple has returned to San Antonio after many years away to share their knowledge and guidance with the South Texas community that raised them.

The Northside ISD Human Resources Department sat down with COEHD alumnus Juan Delgado to talk about his unique journey to the classroom.

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Texas Athletics has made a commitment to provide the best nutrition to fuel its student-athletes so they can compete in their sport and in the classroom. As such, Texas constructed the Texas Athletics Nutrition Center (TANC) in the Red McCombs Red Zone of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. With its completion all student support services—academic, strength and conditioning and sports medicine—are headquartered in one central location, marking a significant step toward enriching the environment for more than 500 student-athletes.

In today's world, we could say that learning a second language (or even a third one, depending on the case) is essencial for most people. Have you ever been turned down after a job interview just because you couldn't communicate with foreigners? Oh, that sucks! Read more: http://www.aryellanes.com/2014/10/10-handy-websites-for-language-learners.html#ixzz3lN3bsyvP

Every $1 spent on community-based HIV prevention programs in Ontario saves $5 in treatment costs, a new study has found. The programs have prevented more than 16,000 people from becoming infected with HIV over 25 years and saved Ontario's health care system about $6.5 billion, said the lead author.

A deadly parasite that causes Chagas disease is widespread in a common Texas insect, according to a new study. The finding suggests that the risk of Texans contracting the disease may be higher than previously thought.

Bilingual children pose unique challenges for clinicians, and, until recently, there was little research on young bilinguals to guide clinical practice. In the past decade, however, research on bilingual development has burgeoned, and the scientific literature now supports several conclusions that should help clinicians as they assess bilingual children and advise their parents.

Researchers have been tracking Jose Arriaga since he was 4 years old, waiting for the day he would start ninth grade. This fall, Jose is a freshman at Booker T. Washington High School, a selective public school in north Tulsa, Okla. And no one is more proud of him than his mother, Veronica Arriaga.

The Texas State University System has an idea for future students busy with families and jobs: Don't even show up on campus freshman year.

A font that is intended to help people with dyslexia better distinguish between each letter by making each letter’s form unique is making its way into solutions used in U.S. schools.

Two online publications, Campus Reform and The College Fix, have found ways to make conservative anger at colleges go viral.