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LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL
El Soporte Informativo Para Millones de Hispanos
Por Luisa Fernanda Montero

    Mientras la pobreza, la violencia y la desesperanza continúan alimentando los flujos migratorios  hacia Estados Unidos, el panorama de aquellos que esperan una reforma migratoria integral, que saque de las sombras a los millones de inmigrantes indocumentados que viven y trabajan en este país, no es nada alentador.

      The NLMC Television Writers Program submission period is now open for those writers who can write at least one half-hour comedy or one-hour dramatic television script in English within a five-week period of time. The program will take place in Burbank, CA from October 8 to November 11.

City of National City Offers  Six $1,000 Scholarships Made Through Funds Provided by American Medical Response

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Editorial:

35 years ago when La Prensa San Diego first started publishing, one of our main goals was to influence and improve the education of our children. Without an educated community none of the problems which plague our community would improve. Crime, unemployment, poverty, ghettos, drugs, political persecution, and economic disadvantages would doom Hispanics to second class citizenry unless the community committed to education.

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Last week, I documented the dismal statistics regarding Latino student achievement in the San Diego Unified School District:&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; · Nearly one-third of Latino students did not pass the California High School Exit Exam in English last year, and one-fourth did not pass the Exit Exam in math.&nbsp;</p>