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Parent volunteers help lift San Jose schools
- 06-07-2010
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By Caille Millner/San Francisco Chronicle
The face of California public education soon will look a lot like Alum Rock Union Elementary School District in San Jose. Almost 78 percent of the district's 13,816 students are of Hispanic or Latino origin. About 54 percent of them are English-language learners. The district, which sprawls over the foothills in east San Jose, is more working class than middle class. It's tempting to view a district like Alum Rock as indicative of the challenges California will face in educating the next generation of children, but it might be better to view it as an opportunity. California's educational system desperately needs to adapt to both a 21st century economy and the state's shifting demographics. (more...)
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