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<p>A federal training program that allows foreign students to stay and work in this country after graduating from a United States college or university saw a 400 percent increase in foreign students graduating and working in STEM fields from 2008 to 2016.</p>

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<p>Cynthia Tejeda was both nervous and hopeful as she waited in a long line at the Mexican Consulate Office in Los Angeles last week to speak with an immigration attorney.</p>

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<p>On Thursday (Jan 16), high school students from across California joined with parents and education leaders at the Capitol to push for more accountability in the state’s new school finance law, known as the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF).</p>
<p>After nearly seven hours of testimony, the State Board of Education approved a set of regulations that many say deliver just that.</p>

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Guest Editorial:
By Katherine Leal Unmuth
Latino Ed Beat

Higher numbers of Latinos are enrolling in college than ever before — even as overall college enrollment in the United States is falling.

The findings were released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday. The number of Hispanics enrolling in college increased to 3.4 million in 2012, an increase of 15 percent over the previous year, Reuters reported. Hispanic students now make up 17 percent of college students.

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