The following appeared in this week's PEN Newsblast. The report, a new
Statistical Brief from the National Council of La Raza, can be accessed
and downloaded from the Web site mentioned.  

 

HISPANIC ACHIEVEMENT LAGGING BEHIND IN U.S. PUBLIC SCHOOLS The National
Council of La Raza (NCLR) has released a statistical brief that portrays
the U.S. educational system as an obstacle course from preschool through
college for the growing population of Latino students. "Hispanic
Education in the United States" identifies the key barriers facing
Hispanic students, who continue to have the lowest levels of educational
achievement of any ethnic group. The report notes, for example, that
less than half of Hispanic males complete high school. Report highlights
include: (1) Latinos are a significant proportion of the United States
student population. Latino students enrolled in prekindergarten through
12th grade in U.S. public schools and institutions of higher education
represented 17percent of total student enrollment in 2005. (2) The
number of ELL students enrolled in U.S. schools has increased
substantially in the past decade. Nearly 80 percent of ELL students are
Hispanic native Spanish-speakers. (3) Hispanics are significantly less
likely to complete high school than their White peers. (4) Schools
serving Hispanic and other minority students offer fewer rigorous
academic courses. (5) Hispanics age 25 and older are less likely than
Blacks and Whites to receive a bachelor's degree. 

http://www.nclr.org/content/publications/detail/43582/

 

 

 

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