League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) of Wisconsin
The Mission of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is to advance the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, housing, health and civil rights of the Hispanic population of the United States.
LULAC and the Campaign for High School Equity announce Parent Involvement Initiative!
LULAC and the Campaign for High School Equity have partnered to address education equity for students of color in America’s high schools. The CHSE’s mission is to ensure that high schools prepare every student for graduation, college, work, and life. The CHSE represents Americans of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds, united under the mission of raising every U.S. high school to the high level of excellence that all of the country’s youth deserve and upon which the nation’s future depends.
LULAC has specifically taken on the charge of providing Hispanic Americans with the advocacy and communications skills they need to advocate at the state & federal level for education reform and education disparities, specifically on High School equity issues.The LULAC Parent Involvement Initiative has focused on providing parents and other community advocates with the skills and knowledge they need to be successful advocates for High School education reform issues, within their communities and the federal government.
• CHSE is advancing high-quality high school education that prepares all students for college and beyond—to a job, responsible citizenship, and success in life.
• We’re a coalition of leading civil rights organizations that have united to improve high school results for America’s minority and low-income students.
• Our public high schools are still segregated; they poorly serve students of color and youth from low-income neighborhoods. Maintaining the status quo makes our nation complicit in creating a permanent underclass.
• Of incoming 9th graders, a full third will drop out and only a third will graduate with the skills they need for college and work.
Those who drop out or are unprepared for the future are more likely to be students of color than to be white. - African American, Hispanic, American Indian, and Alaska Native high school students have at best a six in 10 chance of graduating from high school on time with a regular diploma.
- At least half of Cambodians, Laotians, and Hmong aged 25 and older who are living in America have less than a high school education.
- Nearly six in 10 Latino English Language Learner (ELL) students ages 16-19 are high school dropouts. After Spanish, Vietnamese and Hmong are the two most common primary languages of ELL students.
The focus of federal education policy should be making all students proficient and prepared for college and work, holding high schools accountable for student success, and redesigning the American high school.
• We must provide all students with access to rigorous and engaging classes in core subjects.
• High school should be about learning what is needed to succeed in postsecondary education and career.
• States and school districts must be held accountable for getting students to graduation prepared for what’s next.
• To accurately assess and address educational inequities, states must publicly report data that shows
differences between students of different races and ethnicities to highlight subgroups of students.
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All states must define graduation rates by a common standard.
• High schools should meet the needs of diverse learners through instructional practices such as reflexive learning and culturally competent learning techniques.
Join the network of concerned parents, educators, administrators, business leaders and elected officials from around the state to insure that all students get the same, high quality education they deserve!
For more information please call (414)421-4380.
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