White Students No Longer the Majority in U.S Public Schools

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http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/white-students-no-longer-majority-us-public-schools




For the very first time, U.S. public schools are expected this year to have more minority students enrolled than non-Hispanic white students, the Associate Press reported. The shift is said to be due to the large growth in the number of Hispanic children entering public schools.

Non-Hispanic white students are still expected to be the largest racial group in public schools overall at 49.8 percent. However, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, when added together, minority students will now make up the majority.

According to the AP, "About one-quarter of the minority students are Hispanic, 15 percent are black and 5 percent are Asian and Pacific Islanders. Biracial students and Native Americans make up an even smaller share of the minority student population."

Educators say the transformation will bring about new academic and cultural realities, including the need to introduce more English language classes into the curriculum and possibly amend school lunch menus to reflect diverse students’ palates.

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Good. Change is coming. It may be too late.

[pangaia]

2. Pat Buchannan is going to have an aneurism.

[xchrom]

3. !

[woo me with science]

4. OH MY GOD!!!!!111!!1!

K&R

[Bobcat]

5. The New White Flight

to private schools and "academies"?