TX Governor puts the needs of state's Latino students behind his power-play of party politics

According to the Intercultural Development Research Association's (IDRA) annual school attrition study from 2008-09, Texas schools lost 31 percent of their students. In IDRA's 1985-86 inaugural study, 33 percent of students were lost. The attrition rate gaps between White students and Black students and between White students and Hispanic students persist. The gap today is higher than 24 years ago.

At current pace, the state will lose an additional 2.3 million to 6 million students before reaching an attrition rate of zero in 2042.

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[posted by Cynthia Sanchez}