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    Los angeles has a high population of hispanics, but Educational Attainment varies by race. In 2012, 37.3% of Latinos had not completed high school, compared to 9.7% of african americans, 9.1% of Asians and 4.6% of whites. The Educational Attainment in california--particularly high school completion--varies significantly by race / ethnicity.

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    Los angeles has a high population of hispanics, but Educational Attainment varies by race. In 2012, 37.3% of Latinos had not completed high school, compared to 9.7% of african americans, 9.1% of Asians and 4.6% of whites. The Educational Attainment in california--particularly high school completion--varies significantly by race / ethnicity.

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    AlondraRivera

    JayaDubey
    Writing39C
    11October2015

    HispanicsandtheEducationalAttainment
    Heresafactthatmaynotsurpriseyou:thechildrenoftherichperformbetterinschool,on
    average,thanchildrenfrommiddleclassorpoorfamilies.Studentsgrowingupinricherfamilies
    havebettergradesandhigherstandardizedtestscores,onaverage,thanpoorerstudentshigher
    graduationratesandhigherratesofcollegeenrollmentandcompletion.(TheNewYorkTimes)

    WithLosAngeleshavingahighpopulationofHispanicswehavetostartofwiththe
    factsstartingoffwiththedifferencebetweenthislocationandothersthatmakeseducation
    amongstdifferentracialgroupsextremelydifferent.InLosAngelesjust45%ofthestudentsin
    theLosAngelesUnifiedSchoolDistrictcompletedallfouryearsofhighschoolsuccessfully,
    comparedwiththenationalgraduationaverageof70%becauseresearchillustratesthatstudents
    inurbanpublicschoolsarelesslikelytograduatehighschoolthanthosestudentsenrolledin
    suburbanlocations.(LATIMES)
    Theeducationalattainmentisapowerfulpredictorthathelped
    determinethatstatisticofthosewhograduatedhighschoolintheLAUSD,butitalsodetermines
    thestudentswellbeing,ithelpsestablishthestudentseconomicsuccess,predicts
    unemployment,measurestheindividualsfuturehealth,andsocioeconomicwellbeing,and
    finallyhelpsdetectthelikelihoodofthosestudentsgettingadivorceorgettingincarcerated.
    Whenitcomestotheratesofhighereducationalattainmentthegapsbetweenthelowestrace
    hispanicshastochangenoworelsemorechildrenwillcontinuetogetaffectedastheyearsgo
    by.
    PROBLEM+ HARM IT IS CAUSING

    Fromthe1980suntilpresenttimestheemployedpopulationinCaliforniaof18to34
    yearoldshasdecreasedfromaround71percentinthe1980sto60%in2013.Theresultofthis
    declinehastodowiththeemploymentofouryouth,primarilybecausemorehispanicsarefalling
    intotheeducationalattainmentgapanddonotexceedtheireducationafterhighschool.The
    educationalattainmentinCaliforniaparticularlyhighschoolcompletionvariessignificantly
    byrace/ethnicity.In2012,37.3%ofLatinoshadnotcompletedhighschool,comparedto9.7%
    ofAfricanAmericans,9.1%ofAsians,and4.6%ofwhites.Thisgapistroublinggiventhat
    Latinosrepresentabout35%ofCaliforniasworkingagepopulation.(PublicPolicyInstituteof
    California)

    Onewouldimagineurbanschoolswhoaredoingworseacademicallywouldhavesome
    sortoffundamentalsupportforacademicandnonacademicprograms.Yet,urbanschools
    typicallyspendremarkablylessmoneyperpupilthanschooldistrictswithlowerpovertyrates,
    evenwhenoneaccountsforfederalgrantmoneygiventoschoolswithlargepercentagesofpoor
    students.(LevelingLocalismandRacialInequality)Asstated,Theseschoolsaremorelikelyto
    haveteacherswhoarenotcredentialedinthesubjectareasinwhichtheyteach,offerfewer
    honorsandadvancedplacementcourses,andhavehighteacherturnoverrates.(LLRI)

    Inhence,studentswhoattendsuchschoolsreportedscoringloweronstandardized
    achievementtestsandarethereforemorelikelytodropout.Butinrealitycanweblamethem
    whentheoddsofstrivingacademicallyisnotintheirfavor?

    PEERREVIEWCOMMENTS:

    WideningtheGap:LAUSD'sAGInitiativeandLatino...(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

    https://csulbdspace.calstate.edu/...14/6/Erika%20R%20Gonzalez.pdf?..(Linkstoanexternal
    site.)
    .
    Schools:Latinoachievementgapthreatensstate'sfuture...(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

    www.scpr.org/.../
    education
    /.../
    latino

    achievement
    gapthreatenssta...
    http://trpi.org/wpcontent/uploads/archives/Closing%20Achievement%20Gaps.pdf(Linkstoan
    externalsite.)(Linkstoanexternalsite.)
    InLosAngelesjust45%ofthestudentsintheLosAngelesUnifiedSchoolDistrictcompleted
    allfouryearsofhighschoolsuccessfully,comparedwiththenationalgraduationaverageof70%
    becauseresearchillustratesthatstudentsinurbanpublicschoolsarelesslikelytograduatehigh
    schoolthanthosestudentsenrolledinsuburbanlocations.(LATIMES)
    studentsscoringloweronstandardizedtestandadeclineinacademicachievements.

    http://www.childtrends.org/?indicators=educationalattainment

    http://uex.sagepub.com/content/50/5/535.full.pdf+html

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