Report Urges Policies To Improve Schooling For Hispanic Students

By Ann Bradley

WASHINGTON--If the nation's rapidly growing Hispanic population is to be well educated, a report released here last week asserts, the number of Latino teachers must be dramatically increased and teachers of all ethnic backgrounds must be better prepared to meet the needs of Latino students.

The report by the TomÀas Rivera Center, a national institute for policy studies based in Claremont, Calif., calls on federal and state governments to develop policies that encourage Latinos to succeed in school and pursue teaching careers, and to remove obstacles that prevent them from doing so.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry G. Cisneros, a former chairman of the center's board of trustees, unveiled the report's findings at a briefing that included members of...