Thread: Latino students most affected by budget cuts

Latino students most affected by budget cuts

Experts raise alarm about long-term impact

Por: Leonel Sanchez 15 Mayo 2011 @ 8:40 am
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A parent addresses the Latino Education Forum, held Saturday in San Diego to review how Hispanic students are faring in local schools and analyze how they will be affected by major budget cuts. Troy Orem / SanDiegoRed.com

Latino students will be the most affected by the current budget cuts taking place in San Diego Unified schools, according to experts at a Latino education forum Saturday.

Nearly half of the district’s 131,000 students are Latino and more than 40 percent attend schools considered by the state to be underperforming, according to presenters at the Latino Education Forum.

“Historically, Latino students have been underserved by the American educational public system and that is going to get worse,â€

Nearly half of the district’s 131,000 students are Latino and more than 40 percent attend schools considered by the state to be underperforming, according to presenters at the Latino Education Forum.

Is this another example of diversity? Is it possible that these schools are underperforming because of the lack of diversity at identified schools?

Latino Education Forum? They have ethnic representation here as well. How many different groups do hispanics have specifically representing their interests?

[quote]Two-thirds of our children who are not English proficient are performing way below grade level.â€

Nearly half of the district’s 131,000 students are Latino and more than 40 percent attend schools considered by the state to be underperforming, according to presenters at the Latino Education Forum.

58 percent of Latino students are not proficient at their grade level in English language arts
49 percent are not proficient in math in their grade level
70 percent of Latino students are passing the English portion of the California high school exit exam on their first try, compared to 93 percent of white students.
Less than one-third of Latino students complete courses required for entrance to a University of California or California State University system, compared to 54 percent for white students.
Torres noted that Latino students whose primary language is Spanish continue to fare the worst.

And they scream for "DREAM ACT" to pass!! GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!!!!!!!! They've been educated as much, if not more, than Americans to excell in school, but they want to be lawnmovers, welfare grabbers and iliterates like their parents! Illegals LOVE to blame the schools for their kids failing! They have the opportunity to speak english and do their homework like American kids, but they come from parents who USE them for their own FREEBIES! This is why we need to inforce illegal immigration laws! They have NOTHING to contribute to our Country and our own kids education is being put on the back burner! I say, HE** NO !!!!!!!!

[quote]Torres noted that Latino students whose primary language is Spanish continue to fare the worst.
“The majority of our children who are English proficient do perform at grade level and we should be happy with that,â€