Hispanics Now Largest Minority Group

On Four-Year College Campuses

One-in-Four Public Elementary School Students is Hispanic

 Fuerte Men News

Hispanics now are the largest minority group on the nation's four-year college campuses, according to an analysis of newly available U.S. Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. For the first time, the number of 18- to 24-year-old Hispanics enrolled in college exceeded 2 million and reached a record 16.5% share of all college enrollments. Hispanics are the largest minority group on the nation's college campuses----four-year and two-year combined----a milestone first achieved in 2010.

In the nation's public schools, Hispanics also reached new milestones. For the first time, one-in-four (24.7%) public elementary school students is Hispanic. Among all pre-K through 12th grade U.S. public school students, a record 23.9% were Hispanic in 2011.

NEW STUDY OF BULLYING

AND HOMOPHOBIA IN GRADES K-6

Sidney Alvarez , Fuerte Men Education 

The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) released a new report on school climate, biased remarks and bullying, Playgrounds and Prejudice: Elementary School Climate in the United States. The report, based on national surveys of 1,065 elementary school students in 3^rd to 6^th grade and 1,099 elementary school teachers of K-6^th grade, examines students’ and teachers’ experiences with biased remarks and bullying, and their attitudes about gender expression and family diversity. The surveys were conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of GLSEN during November and December 2010.

Western Pennsylvania Student Named

GLSEN Advocate of the Year

By: Sidney Alvarez, Fuerte Men

Emmett Patterson, a high school student from just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was named GLSEN’s (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) Student Advocate of the Year. Emmett Patterson from Trinity High School co-founded the school’s Gay-Straight-Alliance (GSA) and attracted more than 30 students to join the club at its first meeting.

“It is both a pleasure and honor to announce Emmett Patterson as our Student Advocate of the Year,” GLSEN Executive Director Eliza Byard said. “Emmett is an exemplary leader and an indispensable resource for so many at his school and throughout his community in ensuring that safe schools are a guaranteed right for every student. Emmett’s commitment to promoting safer and respectful learning environments serves as a source of inspiration to us all.”

The 2011 Student Advocate of the Year honors an outstanding young person whose efforts have helped ensure a safe learning environment for all students - and have served as a voice of change in their school and their community.

Emmett was selected through a nomination process involving GLSEN’s network of 31 chapters. His original nominee application was submitted by GLSEN Pittsburgh due to his active participation in the local chapter.