D.C. CFO won't certify teacher contract with private donations, source says
 D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi.(2008 Photo By Marvin Joseph -- The Washington Post) |
By Bill Turque
Washington Post Staff WriterWednesday, April 28, 2010; 4:47 PM
D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi has told District officials that he will not approve a proposed teacher contract unless Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee and Mayor Adrian M. Fenty find public funds to replace donations from private foundations, a top District official with detailed knowledge of the issue said Wednesday.
The official, who insisted on anonymity because deliberations between Gandhi and Rhee are continuing, said Gandhi's legal staff had determined that co
Latino children in Maryland and Virginia are faring better than their counterparts in many areas of the country, but still face significant hurdles to integration and success, according to a report released Wednesday by the Population Reference Bureau and the National Council of La Raza, a Latino civil rights organization.
Report finds socioeconomic challenges for Latino children in U.S.
Latino children in Maryland and Virginia are faring better than their counterparts in many areas of the country, but still face significant hurdles to integration and success, according to a report released Wednesday by the Population Reference Bureau and the National Council of La Raza, a Latino civil rights organization.
The report found that a disproportionate number of Latino children in the United States live in poverty,drop out of school, lack health insurance and end up in the juvenile justice system. Its authors stressed the "urgency" of the situation and recommended swift intervention to reverse the negative trends.
"This really is an emergency and a critical moment," said Patricia Foxen, La Raza's associate director of research and an author of the study. "You have the kids today who grow up to have all the problems, and a lot of those problems will get passed on to their kids, and in addition you have the new kids who will be coming in. It kind of mushrooms."
Latino youths are one of the country's fastest-growing demographic groups: In the past 20 years the number of Latinos younger than 18 has doubled to 16 million. One-fifth of children in the United States today are Latino, with 92 percent of them U.S. citizens. By
"This really is an emergency and a critical moment," said Patricia Foxen, La Raza's associate director of research and an author of the study. "You have the kids today who grow up to have all the problems, and a lot of those problems will get passed on to their kids, and in addition you have the new kids who will be coming in. It kind of mushrooms."
Latino youths are one of the country's fastest-growing demographic groups: In the past 20 years the number of Latinos younger than 18 has doubled to 16 million. One-fifth of children in the United States today are Latino, with 92 percent of them U.S. citizens. By
