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| Title | STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF LATINAS |
| Body | From: "Anselmo Villanueva" http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/digest/dig167.asp Number 167, October 2001 EDO-UD-01-6 ISSN 0889 8049 STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF LATINAS Wendy Schwartz, Teachers College, Columbia University The educational experiences of Latinas are challenged by the high rate of poverty in their communities, the learning problems caused by a lack of English language proficiency, racism, and sexual harassment (Ginorio & Huston, 2001). Despite such obstacles, many Latinas persist and achieve in school, and the number of Latinas in college has been steadily increasing, although their rate is still much lower than that of their white counterparts. Some Latinas return to school to pursue a higher education in adulthood after their children require less supervision or at their employers' urging (S. Saez, Educational Testing Service, personal communication, September 2001). Others of high school or college age may have great difficulty in reconciling their belief in the necessity of getting an effective education with the tenet in the Hispanic community that they put family obligations first. As a consequence, some Latina adolescents may drop out of school and engage in other self-defeating behaviors, like getting pregnant, that affect their futures even more adversely. However Latinas manage the stresses in their lives, the result is that they lag behind other ethnic groups on most academic and economic measures of success, and suffer disproportionally from emotional disorders (Ginorio & Huston, 2001; The State of Hispanic Girls, 1999). To read the entire article go to: Web site: http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education Institute for Urban and Minority Education Teachers College, Box 40 Columbia University 525 West 120th Street New York, NY 10027 (800)601-4868 |
| Source | Wendy Schwartz, Teachers College, Columbia University |
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