A LOOK AT

EDUCATION
A quality education is key to achieving the American Dream, as it lays
the foundation for a thriving and more prosperous America. The LIBRE
Initiative recognizes the importance of improving education by
empowering families to choose the best school for their kids. Families
should not be forced to send their children to failing schools just
because of their zip code or income. Instead, they should have the
option to send their kids to the school they believe is best – be it a
private school, homeschooling, a charter school, or even a different
public school.

School Choice allows low-income or disadvantaged students to

escape chronically-underperforming public schools and access
high-quality education. Decisions surrounding education are simply
too important to entrust to anyone other than the families themselves.

DEMOGRAPHICS

26.8% of all U.S. students are Hispanic (K-12).

ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT

11.7%
15%
Only

10%
66.5%
of the Hispanic population
25 and older
has a high school
5% diploma or higher...

...and only
Whites Blacks Hispanics
15.2%
In 2013, the high school dropout rate has a
for Hispanics was higher than bachelor’s degree
any other race or ethnicity. or higher.

Only

67% of Hispanic students have access to

a full range of STEM* courses.

Knowing this, it is no surprise that only

6.5% are in STEM professions.

* STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

MAKING THE GRADE

74%
78%
of all voters

of Latinos
VOTE

support school choice.

Across 27 states
charter schools helped Hispanics in poverty or
ELL education to gain the estimated equivalent of...

of Hispanics favor
Educational
Savings Accounts
50 additional days of
learning in reading 43 additional days of
learning in math (ESAs).

SOURCES:
Stanford University study, American Community Survey, Stand For Children-Washington,
National Center for Education Statistics, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics,
Foundation for Excellence in Education, American Federation for Children, U.S. Census Bureau