List/Grid Author Archives: Esther J. Cepeda / Syndicated Columnist
Striking Chicago Teachers Not Villains
CHICAGO - Under normal circumstances, I'd be the first to say that going on strike is the ...
Speaking of ‘English-Only,’ Scrap It for ‘English-First’
CHICAGO — In a recent news story about the GOP’s accelerating conservative turn, a reporter compared the current party platform plank supporting “English as the nation’s official language” to its... Read more »
Deficit of Trust Could Sink Obama
CHICAGO - What might an independent voter - one who, like most of us, is weary of dirty po ...
The Right Mentors for Our Teachers
CHICAGO - Every once in a while you hear about an education reform measure that just simply mak ...
The bite of a pet project
CHICAGO — I love Minnie, my Chihuahua, but when my family first adopted her, we had issues. Food was regularly stolen from tabletops, garbage bins were overturned, street fights broke... Read more »
Pick of Ryan No Slight to Hispanics
CHICAGO - I looked at Hispanic dissatisfaction over Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick ...
Confusion over Obama’s immigration changes
CHICAGO — It’s been my experience that any time the government announces a new immigration-related plan, there’s always plenty of uncertainty and misinformation swirling around before the program goes into... Read more »
Stereotypes No Way To Attract Latinos
CHICAGO - Data can do wonders. It can free you from feeling weird about having a counterintuiti ...
Taking the Joy Out of Gymnastics
CHICAGO — NBC will be happy to know that its “social Olympics” strategy worked on me — all the chatter on my social media networks led me to actually download... Read more »
Kill Raging Zombies? Child’s Play. Save a File? Not So Much
CHICAGO - As America moves toward closing the digital divide by helping equip even the most imp ...
When tragedy becomes all about me
CHICAGO — Thank goodness the London Olympics have taken over our nation’s mosquito-like attention span, because as of late last week, I had reached my limit for tolerating the manufactured... Read more »
Time Will Catch Up With Scouts
CHICAGO - To all the gay men and women out there deeply offended by the Boy Scouts of America&# ...
