Report: Helping Latina Students Succeed Helps Us All
In today’s global economy, our nation cannot afford to leave any of our children behind. We must ensure that every girl and boy receives the best education possible to achieve their dreams and that our nation can benefit from their talents.
Yet Latinas, the fastest growing group of school-aged females in the country, are dropping out of school at alarming rates—41 percent—depriving the nation of much-needed young talent.
A new report shows that Latina students drop out at such high rates because they face more serious barriers to graduating from high school than many of their counterparts. The report, “Listening to Latinas: Barriers to High School Graduation,” released today by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), addresses the challenges facing Latina high school students in the United States and explores ways to overcome obstacles that undermine their chances of graduating from high school.
Health Care ‘Co-Ops’: Strategy for Killing Real Health Care Reform
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U.S. House and Senate health care reform bills that have won committee approval contain a public health insurance option as a vital component and that, says a new report released this morning, “is considerable cause for celebration.”
The report’s author, Yale University professor Jacob S. Hacker, also warns that efforts to push health care cooperatives, which recently have been floated as an alternative to a public option, are meant
“to kill the public plan and, with it, the prospect of an effective competitor to consolidated insurance companies that have too often failed to provide affordable health security.”
The report, commissioned by the Institute for America’s Future, details how a strong public health insurance plan is critical to successfully achieving the goals of health reform—lower costs, higher quality and guaranteed health security for all Americans.
