Education — Latinos still face arduous academic climb - San Diego, California

“He is among those who in years to come could help improve local Latinos’ lagging education rates. There’s a glimmer of promise in figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau yesterday, which show that in the past five years the number of Latinos in San Diego County who are at least 25 years old and have a bachelor’s degree increased 48 percent.

It’s only a glimmer because these thousands of success stories don’t come close to wiping out Latinos’ academic deficit. Slightly more than 13 percent of local adult Latinos had earned a bachelor’s or higher degrees by last year.”

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