Latino children accounted for the vast majority of students who left public schools this year, according to a new analysis.

The policy research group Texas 2036 analyzed the state’s enrollment data and projected that about 100,000 fewer students would attend public schools by the end of the current decade.

Hispanic students accounted for 81% of this school year’s enrollment drop. Over the past year, federal and state leaders increased anti-immigration rhetoric, in some cases detaining Texas students and prompting fear across communities.

Texas educates 5.5 million public school students, 53% of whom are Hispanic, 24% are white and 13% are Black.

  • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 days ago

    By design:

    • threaten any undocumented students with arrest
    • hand out private school vouchers
    • underfund public education by having its taxes go directly to the state “general fund”
    • underpay your teachers so all you are left with is babysitters
    • overcrowd your classrooms
    • ban books, fire all your school librarians
    • legislate replacement of history with conservative propaganda and religious dogma

    So if you want your kid to actually get an education in Texas, you can no longer send them to public school.