Defining the Essential Question

(1) What is your EQ?


What is the best way to increase the number of Latino students that attend higher education institutions? 

(2) Define the words in your EQ to make sure we are on the same page regarding what your EQ means.


By "increase" I mean a substantial amount; I'm not certain of what that is but it will definitely not be 1%. I will define Latino as anyone who is a descendent or from Latin-America. Though I am not certain, I do not believe that I will include community colleges as higher education institutions. 

(3) What are some possible answers to your EQ so far? 

• Inform the parental community about unknown resources for the college process through ways that include, but are not limited to workshops, presentations, media (magazines, tv, etc.).
• Inspire and motivate Latino students to take pride in their heritage through positive forms of art (plays, videos, stories, paintings, etc.).
• Educate Latino students directly about the benefits of pursuing a higher education. 
• Teach Latino students about the generalizations of stereotypes and persuade them to not  demean themselves and their dreams. 

(4) What has been your most important source and why?  Be specific.  If it is a person, name them and what they do, if it is an article, book or video, name the title and author.  


My most important source has been my independent learning that I have been doing with Pomona High School and Pomona College students. We have been working in a collaborative group and have done several different activities. The activity which I thought was really informative was the one when we analyzed the 2010 Census map: http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map. I found huge differences from cities like Claremont and Pomona. In Claremont there are many more people with a greater level of educational experience and predominantly are Anglos, while in Pomona there are fewer educated individuals and are predominately Hispanic. This really made me more passionate about what I want to discover and hope to find the solution to clear the distinct boundaries and differences from these neighboring cities.