2014年8月9日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Education News


White students to no longer be majority at school

Posted: 09 Aug 2014 02:18 PM PDT

This photo taken July 21, 2014 shows students in Jane Cornell's summer school class learn story telling skills at Mary D. Lang Kindergarten Center in Kennett Square, Pa. For the first time ever _ U.S. public schools are projected this fall to have more minority students enrolled than white, a shift largely fueled by growth in the numbers of Hispanic children. White students are still expected to be the largest racial group in the public schools this year at 49.8 percent, but according to the National Center for Education Statistics, minority students, when added together, will now make up the majority. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — For the first time, U.S. public schools are projected this fall to have more minority students than non-Hispanic whites, a shift largely fueled by growth in the number of Hispanic children.


See how they run: The 2016 presidential checklist

Posted: 09 Aug 2014 09:11 AM PDT

FILE - This July 23, 2014, file photo shows Vice President Joe Biden as he speaks on voting rights at the NAACP annual convention in Las Vegas. The Associated Press has tracked the movements and machinations of more than a dozen prospective presidential candidates including Vice President Biden. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — For a year, The Associated Press has tracked the movements and machinations of more than a dozen prospective presidential candidates. The latest presidential prep checklist:


Racial, ethnic look at US public school students

Posted: 09 Aug 2014 07:28 AM PDT

HOLD FOR RELEASE 12:01 AM SUNDAY, AUG. 10 Graphic shows U.S. public school demographics; 2c x 5 inches; 96.3 mm x 127 mm;This year, for the first time, there will be more minority students than white students in the U.S. public school system, according to federal government projections. A look at how the numbers break down for public schools from 2014-19, according to the projections from the National Center for Education Statistics:


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