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Demographic Change and the New (and Not So New) Challenges for Latino Education |
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| Authors: | Patricia Gándara Kfir Mordechay |
| Institution: | 1. Graduate School of Education &2. Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USAgandara@gseis.ucla.edu;4. Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Abstract: | AbstractLatino students now make up 1 in 4 public school students in the United States and are a rapidly growing population in nontraditional settlement areas. Yet -persistent racial and ethnic disparities in educational achievement and attainment are cause for grave concern, as high school graduation and postsecondary -education are increasingly necessary for success in a 21st-century knowledge economy. This essay discusses a major shift in demographics across the nation and the resulting urgent educational challenges. |
| Keywords: | bilingual education Latinos poverty race and ethnicity urban education |