Archive for September 18th, 2008

The Pew Hispanic Center is a great resource on Hispanic issues.  UPI had a a story (back in August, which is eons ago in internet time) on Pew’s findings regarding Hispanic student trends (h/t brenda):

A study says the number of Hispanic students in U.S. public schools doubled from 1990 to 2006 to about 10 million children.

The Pew Hispanic Center in Washington said Tuesday that the growth spurt accounted for 60 percent of the overall growth rate in public schools enrollment and the trend was likely to continue for the foreseeable future.

“In 2050, there will be more school-age Hispanic children than school-age non-Hispanic white children,” Pew said in a written statement.

Now we just need to help them graduate.

PS: The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life is another favorite for research, news and discussion.