California is a state with an ever growing number of people from various ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and economic backgrounds. Latinos recently became the most prevalent ethnic group in the state, and Latino children now make up over half of all stu . . .

With educational attainment in the United States quickly deteriorating, ways to increase it have been a focus of educators, public policy analysts, accreditors, and state and federal policymakers, and is now a major concern of the President of the Uni . . .