Mexican immigrants’ offspring gaining ground in classroom

The grandchildren of Mexican immigrants are getting more education than their parents or grandparents, but they still lag behind Asians and whites in California when it comes to earning college diplomas, according to a study released Thursday by the Public Policy Institute of California.

The study found that 86 percent of second-generation Mexican-American adults ages 25 to 49 in the state have completed high school, compared to 25 percent for their parents, said Deborah Reed, an author of the study.

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