Hinojosa on Latino Students: ‘Lower Reading Skills’ But ‘Tremendous Social Skills’

RUSH EXCERPT:
HINOJOSA: "It is attractive and Latinos are split. There’s a tremendous lack of data. One thing that is happening with all American kids in public schools, we did a show on this on Latino USA. We called it the 1%. One out of every four students now is Latino in American public schools. What do those students bring? Oftentimes they are seen as a negative with lower reading skills but they bring in tremendous social skills. How do you bring in that sensibility across the educational system and if you’re moving towards privatizing, which does seem very attractive, how do you actually assure that they are responding to this new group of students that are out there that are changing who we are as Americans?"