Changing the games for Hispanic girls
When I was editor of the Lexington Clipper-Herald in Lexington, Neb., my sports editor refused to give me sports stories & photos to be translated for our monthly Spanish newspaper, Que Pasa. He said it would be "too hard" to distinguish the Hispanic kids from the white kids: as if the only news that should be covered in Spanish was about Spanish-speaking people!
To this day, I think we could have increased the interest in sports for ALL students had he not been such a prick about giving me those stories. (And honestly, wish I'd had a way to reprimand him for insubordination.)
I'm glad ESPN ran this story and really hope more young people get involved with all after school activities. I worked with two amazing ELL students who went on second and fourth place finishes at the Nebraska High School Speech Tournament. One of those students is doing amazingly well now at a university in Chicago. I am so proud of him for all that he's accomplished. After school activities are so important!!!
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/womenshistory2009/news/story?id=4012596
