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Contact Us:Project for Equity Representation and
Governance
ATTN: Kenneth J. Meier
Dept. of Political
Science
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4348 |
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Latino Education and Public Opinion:
A View from the Latino National Survey
by Sylvia Manzano
College Station—The Project of Representation, Equity and Governance and
the Carlos Cantu Hispanic Education and Opportunity Endowment released a
report examining Latino attitudes toward education in Texas using data from
the Latino National Survey. The findings indicate that education continues
to be highly salient for Latinos. In a number of surveys over the past twenty
years Latinos have consistently cited education as the most important issue
facing the community. There is ample evidence that this population is actively
engaged in school activities, knowledgeable on a range of specific education
policies and has ambitious educational goals and expectations. These results
run counter to recent popular media characterizations of Latinos as disinterested
or disengaged from educational issues.
The Latino National Survey is a major national telephone survey of 8600 Latino residents
in the United States. The survey provides researchers a unique dataset to study
Latino social and political life in America. All Latinos, not just citizens or
voters were included in the survey that covers a wide range of topics. Interviews
were conducted in both English and Spanish. The Project for Representation, Equity
and Governance (PERG), The Carlos Cantu Hispanic Education and Opportunity Endowment,
and The Mexican American and US Latino Research Center (MALRC) at Texas A&M University
sponsored the Texas sample of 811 respondents in the data collection. Houston,
Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, The Rio Grande Valley and El Paso were specifically
sampled in the study to allow for a more thorough analysis of the state.
Click Here to
view the Full Report
Please direct any questions to:
Daniel Hawes
Associate Director of Research
4348 TAMUS
College Station, TX 77843-4348
(979)-458-0104
dhawes@politics.tamu.edu
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