Given that Latino students are a significant and rapidly growing segment of the student population, are there plans to make a stronger effort to appoint Latinos and Latinas to positions in the Department of Education?

Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. student population and represent the future of the U.S. workforce.

After seeing the Recovery Act and the President's FY10 budget, the Hispanic community has been concerned that the new administration has not prioritized English language learners, or the Latino student population.

The President's budget proposed to eliminate the Even Start Family Literacy program. If funding for this program is eliminated, this will affect 59,000 parents and children struggling with illiteracy and poverty, more than half (53%) of…

This is a vital issue for the Nation, a vital issue for the Latino community.

The dropout crisis has a devastating impact on the Latino community.

When only half of the Latino students who enter ninth grade graduate with a high school diploma, it just points out the kind of devastation and distress that we feel in the communities.

Latinos are our nation's fastest growing and largest minority group of children.

Congress must work toward policies that address the dropout crisis for Latinos.

Much remains to be done on public lands.

Unfortunately, we still face those challenges and more: years of inadequate funding have put these agencies further behind on vital maintenance work while infrastructure continues to crumble.