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Latinos in School: Some Facts and Findings. ERIC Digest. ERIC Identifier: ED449288 Publication Date: 2001-02-00 Author: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education New York NY. The number of Latino children and youth in public schools in the U.S. is steadily increasing. Currently, one third of the Latino population is under age 18. Latino students comprise 15 percent of K-12 students overall, a proportion projected to increase to 25 percent by 2025. Although Latinos have high aspirations, their educational attainment is consistently lower than that of other students. In order to help education policy and decision makers better respond to the strengths and challenges of the growing Latino school population, this digest presents key information about the current educational status of Latino students. . * Latinos under age 5 are less likely to be enrolled in early childhood education programs than other groups: 20 percent, as compared with 44 percent of African Americans and 42 percent of whites.

Enrollment Educational Achievement Teachers Faculty. Study: Md., Va. Latino kids fare better than peers elsewhere, still face hurdles. Latino children in Maryland and Virginia are faring better than their counterparts in many areas of the country but still face significant hurdles to integration and success, according to a report released Wednesday by the Population Reference Bureau and the National Council of La Raza, a Latino civil rights organization.

The report found that a disproportionate number of Latino children in the United States live in poverty, drop out of school, lack health insurance and end up in the juvenile justice system. Its authors stressed the "urgency" of the situation and recommended swift intervention to reverse the trends. "This really is an emergency and a critical moment," said Patricia Foxen, La Raza's associate director of research and an author of the study. "You have the kids today who grow up to have all the problems, and a lot of those problems will get passed on to their kids. And, in addition, you have the new kids who will be coming in. It kind of mushrooms. " Hispanic college success: It's all in the family. RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — When Roberto Rodriguez arrived at the University of California campus here four years ago, he felt the emotional tug home so many other Hispanic first-generation college students talk about.

His parents wanted him out of their battle-scarred south-central Los Angeles neighborhood and in college. But his mother also didn't want him to stray too far from their home. Three years and some bumps later, with graduation within reach, Roberto's father suffered a heart attack and was diagnosed with diabetes — the kind of family crisis capable of derailing any college career. But instead of becoming a dropout statistic, Rodriguez will graduate with honors this month from UC-Riverside, where graduation rate gaps that separate Hispanic students from their peers on a national level simply do not exist.

Studies show that more Hispanic students are enrolling in college, but a disproportionate number drop out with debt instead of degrees. "They are so unlike me," she said. U.S. Latino Children Fare Poorly on Many Social Indicators. (November 2009) Latinos make up a growing share of young Americans: Nationally their share reached 22 percent in 2008, but it already approaches or exceeds 50 percent in several states, including Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas. Latinos will make up a majority of the school-age population in a number of states in coming years. Of the 16 million Latino children currently living in the United States, nine out of 10 are U.S. -born citizens. Clearly, Latino children and youth—our future workers, voters, taxpayers, and consumers—are poised to become a critical part of the United States' economic, social, and political well-being.

How are these young Americans doing? Rapid Increase in Numbers Figure 1Distribution of Children by Race/Ethnicity, 1990 and 2008 *Non-Hispanic; 2008 estimates for whites, blacks, and others are for those who identify with only one race.Source: U.S. Figure 2Latino Children by Nativity of Parents Source: U.S. Immigrant Status for Many Latino Parents. CNN.com - What does the term 'Hispanic' mean? - September 13, 2002. U.S. Latino Children Fare Poorly on Many Social Indicators. Scary Statistics: 53% of Young Latinas Got Pregnant in Their Teens. The stereotype has always been there, but a recent study by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy provided a hard number to the startling phenomenon of teen pregnancy in the American Latino communities: 53% of young Latina get pregnant in their teens, twice the national average: In 2007, the birth rate among non-Hispanic whites ages 15 to 19 was 27.2 per 1,000, and 64.3 per 1,000 for non-Hispanic black teens in the same age range.

The teen birth rate among Hispanic teens ages 15 to 19 was 81.7 per 1,000. [...] Moni Basu of CNN has more on the findings: Link. Understanding the Hispanic Culture, HYG-5237-00. 1787 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 Ann W. ClutterRuben D. Nieto Introduction Over the past 30 years, the Hispanic population has exhibited tremendous growth in the United States. Hispanics comprise about 11% of the U.S. population, including 3.6 million residing in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Hispanic is a term created by the U.S. federal government in the early 1970s in an attempt to provide a common denominator to a large, but diverse, population with connection to the Spanish language or culture from a Spanish-speaking country. Family Values Traditionally, the Hispanic family is a close-knit group and the most important social unit. Family ties are very strong: when someone travels to another town or city to study or for a short visit (e.g., vacation, business, medical reasons), staying with relatives or even with friends of relatives is a common practice.

Etiquette Spanish speakers tend toward formality in their treatment of one another. Rituals and Religions Eating Habits References. Survey: Latinas face challenges that hinder their education. Overview of Latino Culture. Latinos Account for Half of U.S. Population Growth Since 2000. By Richard Fry I. Overview Accompanying this report, the Pew Hispanic Center is releasing a series of interactive maps that illustrate the size and spread of Hispanic population growth since 1980. Since the turn of the century, Hispanics have accounted for more than half (50.5%) of the overall population growth in the United States—a significant new demographic milestone for the nation’s largest minority group. In a reversal of past trends, Latino population growth in the new century has been more a product of the natural increase (births minus deaths) of the existing population than it has been of new international migration.

There are several other noteworthy trends in Latino growth and settlement patterns. This dispersal has continued in the new century. Another subtle difference in Hispanic settlement patterns in this decade compared with those of the 1990s has to do with an ever-growing concentration of Hispanic population growth in metropolitan areas. About this Report Richard Fry.