“That’s what happens when you have to give illegals free tuition and teach everything in spanglish.”
The typical illegal alien from Mexico has about four years of education. They can barely read and write in Spanish. In Mexico parents take thier kids out of school and send them to work by the time they are about 12 to 14 years old. Education is a low priority for those people. In California the children of illegals are not helped or encouraged to study by the parents. Asian immigrants are another story.
Garbage in garbage out. The college attendance of HS grads may be up or sideways, but the rate of HS graduation is down.
They aren’t counting the drop outs who are costing the state a fortune in extra ed in k-12. Or pk-12.
Re: “Asian immigrants are a different story.” Spot on. Ever notice how Asians skew all “minority” charts. This indicates to me that there are variables other than skin color; i. e., having a mother and father, being committed to academic success, learning to master English, etc. Odd how this formerly oppressed minority group (eg. Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882) is able to succeed without affirmative action and “political” spokesmen. Come to think of it, all other ethnic groups, including whites, seem to flourish if properly raised and if denied a built in institutionalized excuse for failure - i. e., “the man be holdin’ me back.” Funny how Asians, who make up about 11% of California account for about 50% of the student body at UC Irvine, and about 40% of Medical students. And did you ever notice how all “whites” are just an undifferentiated mass of oppressors holding back minorities, that is, all minorities, save Asians!