'There are some things that are hard to read,' DPS superintendent Alex Marrero said. 'It's something that's a reality, and it shouldn't be.'
As the son of a Cuban refugee and an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, Denver Public Schools SuperintendentReports of"white supremacy" throughout the school system and among DPS administration; a lack of resources for Latino teachers and students; low senses of pride and"identity" when it comes to being Latino; language barriers; suppression of cultural assets in the form of a"brown ceiling.
Researchers took these three components and studied interaction through surveys, focus groups and data analysis to come up with a model for"ensuring academic, social and emotional success" for DPS students, the report says."It was painful to read the lived experience of some of our Latino students who, even amongst their Latino groups, lack a sense of belonging," Marrero said.
Researchers with the Multicultural Leadership Center teamed up with DPS to conduct the La Raza Report.Researchers cite an example provided by a Spanish-speaking teacher who said she interviewed for a kindergarten position and was passed over for a less-qualified white woman"who barely spoke Spanish."
"First, you have to look at it from the family perspective," he says, speaking after the Tuesday press conference. DelCastillo thinks DPS would benefit by rethinking its current school boundaries, which could help neighborhood schools suffering from"school choice," or when parents decide,"'I live here but want to send my kid here outside the boundary, etc., etc.'""It's something that's very important. As people know, there are different terms that are being used now — Latino, Latina, Latinx, etc," he explains.
"It's possible that they could have been leaving the district area due to effects such as gentrification," Hegg adds.
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