Report Predicts Consequences for Failure to Educate Hispanics: Latino Group Responds by Demanding More School Choice

“A report released this month by a prominent research group warned that failure to improve the educational outcomes of struggling Hispanic students could have a severe negative impact on U.S. society.

The study by the National Research Council, and others like it, are rallying Latino’s and other minorities to join a cause many erroneously associate with white conservatives.

“We place our children above any political party,” said Rebeca Nieves Huffman, president and CEO of Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options. “The Latino education crisis is so severe that thousands of Hispanics are saying “we don’t care about politics; we just don’t want to send our kids to failing schools anymore.’””

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