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Not enough Hispanic teachers in Texas

Aug. 3, 2010
48 percent of students are Hispanic, but only 22 percent of teachers

From The Dallas Morning News: Minority student enrollment in Texas continues to surge, but the state's teacher corps isn't keeping pace. That has left large numbers of black and Hispanic children without the role models experts believe would help them achieve more. Hispanic students made up more than 48 percent of the enrollment in Texas schools in the 2008-09 school year. The teacher pool was 22 percent Hispanic.

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