Sunday, October 14, 2012

San Antonio mayor says education is key for Latinos

San Antonio mayor says education is key for Latinos:


San Antonio mayor says education is key for Latinos



Only about 13% of Hispanic 25- to 29-year-olds complete at least a bachelor's degree, compared with 39% for whites in the same age group and 53% for Asians, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.

7:30AM EDT October 14. 2012 - SAN ANTONIO – To Julian Castro, the issue most vital to Latinos is not immigration or jobs.
It's their access to a decent education.
Education is one of the top issues that could help the country's more than 50 million Latinos thrive and succeed – and help nudge them to the polls in November, Castro said in a recent interview with USA TODAY. Castro, the 38-year-old mayor of San Antonio, shot to semi-stardom last month after giving the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, becoming the first Hispanic ever to do so.
He'll be watching the November tallies closely, not only