Research reveals that Young American's are not Equipped for Success
- It is estimated that more than two-thirds of our children and youth — 34 million Americans between ages 6 and 17 — are not receiving sufficient developmental resources that put them on a path to success in adulthood.
- Approximately 25% of all public high school students fail to graduate on time, if at all.
- Researchers have estimated that for African Americans and Hispanics, the graduation rate could be as low as 50%.
- Among 15-year-olds from 39 nations who took standardized math tests, American students finished a dismal 24th.
- Approximately one in six American children between ages 6 and 19 are overweight.
- One in 12 high school students has attempted suicide.
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Date: 11/16/2006
Pew Research shows an increase in the Hispanic popoulation of America
- North Carolina, according to the center's statistics, is home to more than 400,000 Hispanics, the seventh largest Hispanic population in the country.
- South Carolina's Hispanic population is about 130,000 with a growth rate of more than 50 percent since 2000.
- 50% of all Mexicans are living below the poverty line and once they obtain jobs here they pay even less.
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Date: 11/10/2006
Report reveals Generation Ys outlook on Politics and Social Issues
- Generation Y is significantly more likely to call itself liberal (31 percent) than older Americans
- 34 percent call themselves political moderate
- 30 percent call themselves conservative
- Generation Y is also more likely to identify with the Democrats (39 percent) than the Republicans (28 percent) with a significant number calling themselves politically independent (31 percent).
- 62 percent of youth identify with some variant of Christianity, but only 54 percent agree that the United States is a Christian nation.
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Date: 11/6/2006
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