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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (89997)	8/27/2010 4:14:26 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224750

Kindergartens see more Hispanic, Asian students By Haya El Nasser and Paul Overberg, USA TODAY usatoday.com The kindergarten class of 2010-11 is less white, less black, more Asian and much more Hispanic than in 2000, reflecting the nation's rapid racial and ethnic transformation. The profile of the 4 million children starting kindergarten reveals the startling changes the USA has undergone the past decade and offers a glimpse of its future. In this year's class, for example, about one out of four 5-year-olds will be Hispanic. Most of today's kindergartners will graduate from high school in 2024. More Hispanic children are likely in the next generation because the number of Hispanic girls entering childbearing years is up more than 30% this decade, says Kenneth Johnson, demographer at the University of New Hampshire's Carsey Institute. "It's only the beginning." A USA TODAY analysis of the most recent government surveys shows: •About 25% of 5-year-olds are Hispanic, a big jump from 19% in 2000. Hispanics of that age outnumber blacks almost 2 to 1. •The percentage of white 5-year-olds fell from 59% in 2000 to about 53% today and the share of blacks from 15% to 13%. "This is not just a big-city phenomenon," Johnson says. "The percentage of minority children is growing faster in the suburbs and in rural areas." In Lake County, Ind., a Chicago suburb, the under-20 population went from 51.8% white in 2000 to 47.1% in 2008, Johnson's research shows. In rural Nebraska's Colfax and Dakota counties, the share of Hispanic youths is rising while young whites are down from 60% to about 45% in the same period. •Schools face linguistic challenges. The share of 5-year-olds who speak English at home slipped from 81% in 2000 to about 78%. The share of Spanish speakers grew from 14% to 16%. "That makes issues of language development and how to teach them even more important than 10 years ago," says W. Steven Barnett, co-director of the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University. "In some districts, 40% of their kids are Latino, and 4% of their teachers are. It's a huge gap." Educators are grappling with the challenge, and "we really have a long way to go before we understand what the best methods are," says Lisa Guernsey, director of the Early Education Initiative at the non-profit New America Foundation. Today's kindergartners are tomorrow's high schoolers, and "we need to know what their needs are." •Kindergarten enrollment is up, from 3.8 million in 2000 to about 4 million

To: lorne who wrote (89997)	8/27/2010 4:25:28 PM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224750

Something must be wrong with that article. I just don't see how there could be a shortage of ammo to the point where a Soldier, Sailor or Marine has none. I could possibly understand it if they were pinned down for days, but gunships would be there in a flash to suppress enemy fire and drop ammo. Something just doesn't ring true to me. This comment kinda makes me smirk: But one soldier told Beth the work days are 18 hours long, and they have few "real meals." That is usually kinda of standard...especially in a war zone. I mean no disrespect to the military...ever! I have suspicions some left wing bunk peddlers may be involved in this.