Obama Administration Releases Latino Education Report: Changing demographics mean challenges facing Latino students are of importance to the entire nation, a senior U.S. Department of Education official presenting a report in Miami said Wednesday.
“Our numbers have grown so large that the future of the U.S. is inextricably linked to the future of the Latino community,” said Juan Sepulveda, director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.
Latinos are the largest minority group in America’s public education system, numbering more than 12.4 million in Pre-K through high school, according to the latest enrollment figures available. Nearly 22 percent of all Pre-K through 12 students enrolled in America’s public schools is Latino. Still, Latinos lag behind other groups in many indicators and have the lowest levels of education attainment.
