Technology and the World

What is Technological Literacy?

The Problem with Public Schools

Where do Latinos stand?

Table 3.3Latina/o Pipeline- Ninth Grade through Earned Degree

Race/Ethnicity For Every 100 Ninth GradersGraduage from high school Enter College

Graduate within 150% time

Total 100 67 41 19

White 100 75 48 23

African American 100 49 27 9

Hispanic 100 53 27 10

Where are Latinos residing?

Why is it of importance?

Table 7.5Percentage of Latina/o Subgroup Earned Doctorates byy Broad Field, 1990-2000

Broad Field of Earned Doctorate

Chicana/o Puerto Rican Other Latina/oFemale Male Female Male Female Male

Physical Sciences 4.1 13.7 5.5 15.4 6.1 15.7Engineering 1.7 9.6 2.0 10.1 3.3 14.2Life Sciences 15.4 15.4 14.7 17.9 17.2 19.0Social Sciences 24.9 19.6 26.8 18.4 26.1 18.4Humanities 14.5 14.0 14.1 14.3 21.0 17.4Education 35.3 23.0 32.3 18.4 22.0 11.1Professional 4.2 4.7 4.7 5.6 4.3 4.3

Table 6.2Percent of 25- to 29- year-olds Completing a Bachelor's Degree or Higher,

Years 1975-2000Race/Ethnicity 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000

Latina/o 9 8 11 8 9 10

Black 11 12 12 13 15 18

White 24 25 24 26 29 34

Amelioration at the Heart of the Problem

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