Monday, July 7, 2014

In Public Schools, White Students Are No Longer the Majority

Article
The Atlantic
Janell Ross and Peter Bell
July 2, 2014

U.S. classrooms will enter a new era this fall -- one in which black, Hispanic, and Asian students from the majority

The 2013-14 school year has drawn to a close in most U.S. school districts, and with it the final period in which white students composed a majority of the nation's K-12 public school population. When schools reopen in August and September, Black, Latino, Asian, and Native American students will together make up a narrow majority of the nations's public school students.

Full Story: http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/07/public-schools-usher-out-a-white-student-majority/373847/?app_data=%7B%22pi%22%3A%2253b58a7adf0a5ce33000000a%22%2C%22pt%22%3A%22wall%22%7D

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