Nation IN BRIEF : TEXAS : Cavazos Examines Latino Education

U.S. Education Secretary Lauro F. Cavazos said in San Antonio that parents and teachers must lead the way to improve education for Latinos, a group that has a 40% dropout rate before completing high school. At the first of five hearings in the nation on Latino education, Cavazos said he supports “school-based management” in which local educators and parents have more input in education. “Parental involvement is a responsibility and also a right,” Cavazos said. He said the hearing’s purpose was to seek solutions for Latino education problems. Other hearings are scheduled in Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami.