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Subtitle: Latinos, schools and society
By: a production of Learning Matters, Inc. ; presented by South Carolina ETV ; producer, Sonia Slutsky ; executive producer, John Merrow
Contributors: Learning Matters, Inc; South Carolina Educational Television Network; PBS Home Video
Publisher: PBS Home Video
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Alexandria, VA]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Hispanic American youth; Education; High school dropouts; Prediction of Dropout behavior; Youth with social disabilities; Hispanic American students; Latin American students; Bilingual Education; California
Other titles: Latinos, schools and society; Merrow report (Television program)
Description: The Latino dropout rate in the United States is 2.5 times higher than that of blacks and 3.5 times than that of whites. Why do so many young Latinos drop out? John Merrow explores the complex answer involving language problems, inadequate resources, lack of opportunities, poverty and the lure of the street. He also examines the future of Latino youth in the United States and the impact of California's Proposition 227, which would discontinue bilingual education.
Notes: "This program, originally aired as The Merrow Report on PBS, has been made available on DVD for the first time as part of the Tribeca Film Institute's Reframe Collection" (container back cover).

Editors, Therese L. Cafaro, Victoria Plummer ; original music, Peter C. Lopez.

Host, John Merrow.

DVD.

Close-captioned.