The Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options, based in Washington, D.C., compiled the following data on what it calls the “Crisis in Latino Education.” The council says its mission is “to improve educational outcomes for Hispanic children by empowering families through parental choice in education.” More information is available at the Web site www.hrcreo.org
What is the Crisis in Latino Education?
· One of every three Hispanic students fails to complete high school.
· 26 percent of Hispanic students in the 8th grade and 34 percent of Hispanic students in
the 12th grade reported in 2000 that they had been absent three or more days in the preceding month.
· 13 percent of Hispanic students in kindergarten through 12th grade in 1999 had repeated a grade.
· The dropout rate for Hispanics in 2000 was 28 percent, higher than the 7 percent rate for Whites and the 13 percent rate for Blacks.
