Monday, May 10, 2010

THE EDUCATION FRONT Blog | The Dallas Morning News

THE EDUCATION FRONT Blog | The Dallas Morning News



La Raza on the plight of Latino children

12:05 AM Mon, May 10, 2010 | | Yahoo! Buzz
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The National Council of La Raza has just put out an important study about the needs of Latino children. One of the points that struck me, which I mentioned in this column, was how getting young mothers to go back to school not only helps them, but helps their children do well in school.
We've been discussing on this blog the education challenges facing Latinos, and what happens if more Hispanics don't have access to good schools and don't graduate from high school. To me, this is our most important domestic