Ethnic Studies and the Struggle in Tucson - 0 views
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Jeff Bernstein on 16 Feb 12What many Americans do not realize is that the program that was dismantled had been extraordinarily successful in graduating Latino students and sending them to college. Nationally, Latino students drop out of high school at a much higher rate than any other racial or ethnic group-about 18 percent, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Among Latinos, aged 18 to 24, 27 percent have not graduated from high school, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. Nationally, the college-enrollment rate of Latinos, while at an all-time high, is only 32 percent-lower than that of other racial and ethnic groups, according to the same study. In contrast, students completing Tucson's Mexican-American studies program graduate high school and enter college at a higher rate in a district that is 60 percent Latino.