Educational What Article

I found the "Educational What" article to be very interesting. There was so much information that covered specific facts and percentages about the population of children in schools. The article went into great depth about how schools are divided by race, age, and gender and how those factors are, and will be changing over the next several years. One specific fact in regards to race that really caught my attention was the fact that "three million black Hispanics in the United States, mostly dark skinned spanish speakers from the Carribean, have checked black on the census form because Hispanic is not a race. This shocked me because it means that a lot of the statistics may be off for this or other reasons like this. I found the section on "Differences in World Views" to be very interesting as well. It noted the difference between race and national origin, which can really make a huge difference in a student. It gave the example that someone might be Hispanic but from California and therefore, speaks little spanish. I believe for teachers this is a very important thing to keep in mind. It's like the old saying, "don't judge a book by it's cover." In a classroom setting there are going to be all sorts of different individuals and it is important for the teacher to keep that in mind when he or she plans to teach effectively.