Minority student obstacles could sink Texas if left unchanged
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) Texas minority students have always faced inequalities compared to their white peers, but new data shows the COVID-19 pandemic is widening the education gap, and that could mean negative consequences for everyone in the state.
School leaders and educational advocates warned during an ABC13 town hall Thursday night that lawmakers only have a small window of time to take action, as thousands of students have disengaged from virtual learning or have been lost in the shuffle altogether. Eighty percent of the children in Houston today are either African American or Latino, said Andy Canales, executive director of Latinos for Education Greater Houston. Our collective future rests on their success.