Reaching Out to Key Communities For High Impact
For example:
Since the DataHUB reveals that Hispanic children are disproportionately chronically absent, work directly with the Hispanic community.
"We already knew that only 69% of the state's Latino students graduate from high school, which is the lowest of any ethnic group. The HUB's revelation that 32% of the chronically-absent kindergartners are Hispanic, identifies one source of what becomes a graduation problem later on. Our recent report, Latino Students in Rhode Island, specifically references this problem. Reducing absenteeism is a concrete, achievable goal. The leaders at the Latino Policy Institute pledge to add their voices to a public relations campaign designed to engage the Latino community generally, including helping Latino families understand the critical importance of getting their children to school every day and on time."
--Anna Cano-Morales, Director of Roger Williams' Latino Policy Institute
