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Oct. 14: Within 15 years, more than half of all U.S. children will be minorities. With students from 37 countries, Baltimore's Dumbarton Middle School is a reflection of how America is rapidly changing. NBC's Maria Menounos reports.
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By Alex Johnson and Maria Menounos
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updated 2 hours, 51 minutes ago

The future of America is being forged at Dumbarton Middle School.

With students from 37 countries, Dumbarton, a magnet school in Towson, Md., near Baltimore, reflects how the United States is rapidly being transformed into a polyglot, multicultural society — not by immigrants, but by their children.

Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau paint a clear picture: By as early as 2023, more than half of all children will be members of what are now minority groups, an evolution fueled significantly by a baby boom among recent immigrants. By 2050, they will make up more than 60 percent of all American children.

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