Browsing by Author "The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics"

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    Fulfilling America’s Future Latinas in the U.S.
    Gándara, Patricia; The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics (U.S. Department of Education, 2015-09-01)
    One in five women in the U.S. is a Latina. Recently, the popular press has focused a great deal on the educational gaps between men and women, especially men and women of color, and has suggested that, with respect to educational attainment, men are faring more poorly than women. In fact, Latinas are graduating from high school at higher rates than their male counterparts, and 60 percent of bachelor’s degrees earned by Latino/as go to women. Moreover, Latinas have made significant progress in a number of areas of education and wellbeing over the last decade. So why focus a report on the status of Latinas? Although Hispanic females are outperforming Hispanic males educationally, they are still earning less than their brothers in the labor market. And, they still have the lowest high school graduation and some of the lowest college completion rates of all women and are more likely to be living in poverty and as single heads of households than both white and Asian women. Importantly, Latinas are the linchpin of the next generation. Few things better predict a child’s educational outcomes than the education of his or her mother. If it is interrupted the cycle of disproportionate under-education and poverty among the Latino population, it is critical that we raise the education levels and living and working conditions of Latinas today.
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    Graduate: Una Guía de Ayuda Financiera Para el Éxito
    The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics (White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, 2014-05-01)
    Este reporte contiene información y recursos de organizaciones públicas y privadas que pueden ser de utilidad para población Hispana. La inclusión de esta información no constituye un aval por parte del gobierno federal, de la Casa Blanca, del Departamento de Educación de los EE. UU. ni de la Iniciativa de la Casa Blanca sobre la Excelencia Educativa de los Hispanos de ningún producto o servicio ofrecido o puntos de vista expresados.
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    Hispanics and Stem Education
    The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics (U.S. Department of Education, 2012-07-01)
    Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) skills are necessary now more than ever in order to compete in a global economy. According to the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), between 2010 and 2020 the overall employment in STEM occupations will increase by 17 percent, yet not enough students are pursuing degrees and careers in the STEM fields to meet the increasing demand. There are currently two science and technology job openings for every qualified job seeker. The lack of STEM representation is even more prevalent among Hispanics, who although accounted for 16% of the U.S. population in 2010, only earned 8 percent of all certificates and degrees awarded in the STEM fields between 2009 and 2010.
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    Winning the Future Improving Education for the Latino Community
    The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics (U.S. Department of Education, 2011-09-01)
    In January 2011 State of the Union, President Obama made it clear that the most important contest this country faces today is not between Democrats and Republicans but with competitors round the world for the jobs and industries of our time. To win that contest and secure prosperity for all Americans, the United States must out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world. This report points out the main government initiatives for Latino community as an integral plan to win the future.