The University of California has accepted more Latino students than white students for the second consecutive year. The admittance rate of Latino students appeared to be a reflection to California's racial diversity, as Latino children comprise of the majority of public school students in the state.
Black and Latino male students are not faring well in the Boston school system. According to a recent city-commissioned report, Asian and white male students are 1.2 times more likely to graduate than their black counterparts and 1.4 times more likely than Latino males in the same district.
The enforcement of dress codes, implemented under the guise of discipline and lessons on formal dress, are most likely to be implemented at low-income public schools, and female students and students of color are the most likely to be punished for infractions.
More than any others, children in immigrant households are the least likely to enroll their children in federal and state preschool programs, due mainly to language and literacy barriers.
A new report from the America's Promise Alliance and its Center for Promise at Tufts University, "Don't Call Them Dropouts: Understanding the Experiences of Young People Who Leave High School before Graduation," paints a detailed portrait of this demographic.
The Supreme Court decision Brown v. Boad of Education of Topeka paved the way for school integration. Now, 60 years later, a new report assesses the status of school segregation in America and explores the transformation of the nation's school population since the civil rights era.
