Twitter chat transcripts: How do we close the Latino learning gap?
Last week, California Watch and The Hechinger Report produced two articles focused on the Latino achievement gap in California schools. To continue the conversation – and with an eye toward closing that gap – California Watch invited parents and educators to chat with and ask questions of reporter Sarah Garland and David Valladolid, president of the Parent Institute for Quality Education, via Twitter. Below, you will find some highlights. For more information on Garland's articles as well as our React & Act, go to http://californiawatch.org. [View the story "How do we close the Latino learning gap? " on Storify]
Among Asian Americans, educational achievements vary widely
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Asian Americans overall obtain high levels of formal education, but an analysis of recent census data reveals large disparities between Asian American ethnic groups.
The percentage of high school graduates is as high as 96 percent among Taiwanese Americans and as low as 61 percent among Hmong Americans, according to a report [PDF] released last week by the Asian American