Dream_Report_Card


 * Has Martin Luther King Jr.'s "dream" been realized?**

Civil Rights laws, affirmative action laws, representation in state and federal government, voting statistics || =B+= || * Civil Rights laws have been passed and enforced by the government Number of employed / unemployed, types of jobs, business ownership || **B+** || * Employment has increased for blacks, hispanics, and many other minorities Graduation rates, test scores, college enrollment, educational attainment || =C-= || * High school dropout rates in 2003 were White: 3.7% Black: 4.5% Hispanic: 6.5% White: 85.1% Black: 80.0% Hispanic: 57.0% White: 27.6% Black: 17.3% Hispanic: 11.4% || * Work with students to make sure they understand all of the material Average income, number below poverty level ||  || * White people have a greater amount of income then African Americans or Hispanics.
 * **TOPIC** || ==GRADE== || **RATIONALE WITH STATISTICS** || **COMMENTS / SUGGESTIONS** ||
 * **Legislation and Politics**
 * While the number of African Americans and Hispanics in the government is not near the percentage of population, the numbers are increasing every year
 * We have an African American president
 * African Americans vote at nearly the same rate as the average population, but Hispanics are much lower (average around 60% registering, African American 58%, Hispanic 28%) || * Encourage minorities to continue to become active in politics, possibly through schools
 * Push for voter registration drives and voter eductaion in the Hispanic community, possibly with bilingual voting ballots ||
 * || **Employment**
 * The labor force for black men went up 3.6 million from 1980 to 2004
 * The labor force for black women went up 4.6 million from 1980 to 2004
 * The labor force for hispanic men went up 7.8 million from 1980 to 2004
 * The labor force for hispanic women went up 5.4 million from 1980 to 2004 || * Pass and enforce more employment laws
 * Encourage more kids to go to college after high school
 * Encourage people in urban schools to go to trade schools ||  ||
 * **Education**
 * High School Graduation rates in 2003 were
 * College Graduation rates in 2003 were
 * Make sure school is up to teaching standards
 * Make sure schools are integrated - not by law, but by fact. ||
 * || **Income and Poverty**
 * In 2003 White people got paid 45.631 percent while Hispanics got paid 32.992 percent and African Americans got paid 29.645 percent.
 * Another chart shows that in 2004 the poverty rate for White People was 8.8 percent while the percentage of Black people was 25.4 percent. ||  || ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **Behavior** ||  ||   ||   ||