Change in education: As Latino students near a majority in public schools, questions arise on how California will address shift

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Posted on: July 24th, 2006
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“Within three years, California will become the nation’s second state, after New Mexico, in which a majority of public school students are Latino, according to state projections.

Although Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently appointed the president of San Jose’s National Hispanic University to the state Board of Education, the shift has been largely ignored in Sacramento. The change, in a state that less than 20 years ago was majority white, raises questions of whether Latino students should be forced to assimilate or schools should adapt to students. Specifically,”

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