The College of Education and Human Development’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS) and the College of Public Policy will co-host a book talk on “Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Advancing Research and Transformative Practice,” Friday, Aug. 28 at 12 p.m.

UTSA College of Education and Human Development boosts presence downtown

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If school district leaders don’t fix failing schools, the state may strip their authority under a new law effective Sept. 1.

A new study from the Beckman Institute (link is external) at the Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reveals that 9- and 10-year-old children who are aerobically fit tend to have significantly thinner gray matter (link is external) in the cerebrum than their "low-fit" peers. Interestingly, thinning of the outermost layer of brain cells in the cerebrum is associated with better math skills, according to the researchers.

With students heading back to school this month, there’s concern about teacher shortages across the country.

Four San Antonio colleges and universities have been awarded federal grant money to help increase the graduation rate of first-generation, low-income and disabled students.

In California, New York, Texas and elsewhere, health workers are trying to get more high-risk Latino men to use the drug, Truvada. The medication, which is used for “Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis” or PrEP, was approved by the FDA in 2012 for HIV prevention and has been shown to be more than 90 percent effective when used correctly. But health workers are encountering barriers among many Latinos.