The Report from RI Kids Count is a wakeup call to our community!!!!
Take a look to just a couple of highlights from their latest report regarding Latinos and Education:
"Hispanics in Rhode Island have lower educational attainment levels than the population overall. In the 2007-2008 school year, the high school graduation rate for Hispanic youth was 62%, the lowest of any racial/ethnic group in the state and lower than the overall Rhode Island high school graduation rate of 74%.
In 2007, 12% of Hispanics 25 years of age and older in Rhode Island held a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 30% of all Rhode Islanders. Hispanic immigrants in Rhode Island are more likely to have less than a high school education and also are more likely to have a college degree or higher than Hispanics born in the U.S."
If you think this is a problem, then you need to do something!!!
Attend the Latino Education Forum
Bring Family and Friends!!
This Saturday April 18th 2009
at
Providence Academy of International Studies (PAIS)
182 Thurbers Avenue
Providence, RI 02915
Registration 9:30 am - 10:00am ¨ Event 10:00am - 2:00 pm
For information call CHisPA at 467-0111
Coffee and lunch will be provided
