- Latinos in Preschool
- Latinos in Elementary School
- Latinos in Secondary School
- Latinos
in College
- Hispanic
Diaspora
Latinos in School: Some Facts
and Findings
LATINOS IN PRESCHOOL
- Latinos
under age 5 are less likely to be enrolled in early childhood education
programs than other groups: 20 percent, as compared with 44 percent
of African Americans and 42 percent of Anglos. Urban and suburban rates
for Latinos are nearly the same.
- The enrollment
of Latino children in preschool increases with increases in parent educational
attainment. However, fewer Hispanics age 25 or older complete high school
than do African Americans and Anglos. Hispanic enrollment also increases
along with increases in family income. But here, too, Latinos, with
a median family income of $28,000, lag behind the $39,000 median income
of the population at large.
- While 36
percent of Latino children live in poverty, only 26 percent attend Head
Start programs, which are designed to remedy the effects of poverty
on educational achievement.
- Seventy percent of preschool teachers assert that they are not fully prepared to meet the needs of students with limited English proficiency or from diverse cultural backgrounds. Such lack of preparation can seriously impede the quality of Latino children's preschool education.
SOURCE
Latinos in education: Early childhood, elementary, secondary, undergraduate,
graduate. (1999). Washington, DC: The White House Initiative on Educational
Excellence for Hispanic Americans. (ED 440 817) ERIC Clearinghouse on
Urban Education Publication Date: 2001-02-00
