The 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in June to strike down school desegregation plans in Seattle and Louisville has focused public attention on the degree of racial and ethnic integration in the nation’s 93,845 public schools. A new analysis of public school enrollment data by the Pew Hispanic Center finds that in the dozen years from 1993-94 to 2005-06, white students became less isolated from minority students while, at the same time, black and Hispanic students became slightly more isolated from white students.
Education
Average ACT score rises among Hispanic High School Grads in the U.S.
The average ACT composite score for Hispanic U.S. high school graduates rose in 2007 for the second time in the past five years, as the number of Hispanic students taking the ACT reached another record high. The percentage of Hispanic test-takers who are ready for college-level coursework also grew.
African-American, Hispanic, and urban students score lower than their peers in Economics.
In a newly-released report summarizing the results of an economics assessment completed by 11,500 high school seniors, fewer than half (42 percent) of students scored at the “proficient” level when queried about market economics (including personal finance), national economics, and international economics. In addition, African-American, Hispanic, and students in large urban settings scored lower than other student populations.
Hispanic children living in poverty.
Although on balance, child well-being across the nation has improved since 2000 – especially for teens – many younger children, including Hispanic children, continue to face significant hardship in four key areas, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
The Millennials, Financial Services, and the Web.
The college-bound “Millennial” generation born between 1982 and 2000 will represent the next mass affluent group. Financial institutions will need new marketing approaches.
AAAA MAIP Diversity Career Fair.
Registration is now open for the 4th annual AAAA MAIP Diversity Career Fair. The event, which takes place Thursday, August 9th in New York City, offers an opportunity for agencies to meet the graduates of the 2007 Multicultural Advertising Intern Program, as well as alumni of the program. Event sponsorship opportunities are also available. Participation is open to AAAA Members only.
Puerto Rico Student joins NASA Academy.
Jennifer Carpena, a student from Aibonito, Puerto Rico, will spend the summer of 2007 at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. as a participant in the competitive NASA Academy. Carpena currently attends the University of
Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras.
RIF Multicultural campaign aims to narrow reading gap.
A new report from the Department of Education reveals Hispanics are driving the surge of the nation‚s minority public school population, but one thing that hasn’t changed is the significant need to improve children’s literacy among children from Hispanic and other minority communities.
How far behind in Math and Reading are English Language Learners?
As Congress considers the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law an analysis of recent data from standardized testing around the country shows that the fast growing number of students designated as English language learners are among those farthest behind.
Ancestry.com launches U.S. – Mexico Border Crossings Collection from 1903 to 1957.
Ancestry.com announced the release of the first and only online collection of border crossing records for individuals who crossed the U.S. – Mexico border between 1903 and 1957. This new collection, which includes more than 3.5 million names, is the latest addition to Ancestry.com’s Immigration Records Collection, which also includes the largest online collection of U.S. ship passenger list records featuring more than 100 million names from 1820 to 1960.
More education means Higher Wages in Puerto Rico.
A college degree can translate into higher earnings for workers in Puerto Rico — about twice as much on average as those with just a high school diploma — according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS). The contrast in annual earnings was even greater for people with advanced degrees, who earned about three times as much as those with a high school degree.
‘Clipping Their Own Wings’ holds Latino Culture accountable for lackluster Educational Performance.
In his controversial new book, “Clipping Their Own Wings,” author Ernesto Caravantes tackles one of the nation’s most troubling trends and toughest social problems: Latino underachievement, and focuses the root of the problem squarely on the shoulders of the Latino culture itself. Hispanics are now, officially, the largest minority population with 35 million living in the U.S., exceeding African Americans in number. Despite the sizeable numbers, this minority group is doing poorly in education.
